Derby Neck Library offers kids opportunity to read to threrapy dogs

DERBY - Stop in at Derby Neck Library between 5 and 6 p.m. Tuesday to read to certified therapy dogs and Be A Reading Kid (B.A.R.K.)!

We are excited to welcome Spirit and Brian back to the Library. Both pups love children and are fantastic listeners.

Reading aloud to a dog provides an attentive audience and may boost a child’s confidence in their reading skills.

Each participant will receive a commemorative photo of themselves with the dogs, as well as an experience they won’t soon forget!

The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.

Register below for this program, and be sure to sign up for our Youth Mailing List here to stay in the loop on cancelations and other important info.

B.A.R.K. program fun hosted at Derby Neck Library

DERBY - Derby Neck Library hosts Be A Reading Kid from 5-6 p.m. on the last Tuesday of every month.

The B.A.R.K. program is held in the Library's garden, 307 Hawthorne Ave. 

Children can read to therapy dog Molly Saturday at Derby Public Library

DERBY  - The Derby Public Library welcomes therapy dog Molly from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday who is following in her brother Ollie’s “paw steps.”

Children ages 3-11 will be given a 10-minute time slot to read and may select a book from home, or one they have already checked out from, or is provided by, the library, to share with her for the program. 

Register at https://bit.ly/37Wo1RV

This is part of the popular B.A.R.K. (Be A Reading Kid) program here at the Library. 

This is a great opportunity for beginner or reluctant readers - as well as experienced readers - to build confidence, enhance literary skills achieved during the school year, and develop a love of reading. 

This is shared from the Derby Public Library Facebook page.

Kids can read to Molly Saturday outdoors at Derby Public Library

Good listener Molly / File photo

DERBY - Children ages 3-11 are welcome to join the popular B.A.R.K. (Be A Reading Kid) program from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday at Derby Public Library where Molly is following in her brother Ollie’s “paw steps.”

This is a great opportunity for beginner or reluctant readers - as well as experienced readers - to build confidence, enhance literary skills achieved during the school year, and develop a love of reading.

Children will be given a 10-minute time slot to read and may select a book from home, or one they have already checked out from, or is provided by, the library, to share with her for the program.

The program will be held outside and participants are requested to follow CDC guidelines. 

The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St. It WILL NOT be open to the public. Please plan accordingly.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED at  http://www.derbypubliclibrary.org.

This is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and The New Haven Independent.