'The Kids Light Up'; Furry Friends Become Reading Buddies At Pleasanton Library

CBS San Francisco

February 1, 2023

It's called the Paws to Read program. Since November 2002, librarians have been teaming up students ranging from the first through fifth grade with Valley Humane Society's comfort dogs.

Over the past 20 years, more than 15,000 kids have participated in program.

"I think one of the cutest things is when a child presents a book to the dog and they ask the dog to pick so whatever the dog picks the child reads," one of the K9 handlers said. "It is so cute."

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