Canines for Literacy @ East
Date: Sat, Apr 11, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Venue: East Regional Library – East Regional - Children's Programming Room, Durham
Price: Free
Category: Arts
<p>Relax and read with a dog! This program brings dogs and reluctant readers together for 20 minutes of companionship. Handlers and their dogs provide quiet encouragement to children so that they might develop a love of reading and improve communication skills. Canines for Literacy is an affiliate program of Reading Education Assistance Dogs® (R.E.A.D.®).</p> <p><strong>Registration is required. </strong>Please note that you may book one session per day, and sessions are 20 minutes long. Available time slots are as follows: <strong>2:00pm, 2:20 pm, 2:40pm. </strong></p> <p><strong>If it's less than 24 hrs before the event, give us a call and see if we have any avaialbe time slots left!</strong></p> <p>Bow Wow for now!</p> <p> <img alt="" src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/188577/images/1647630421_1_.png" style="width: 250px; height: 226px;" /></p>