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By Joe Wilkes
Lately, there have been a number of programs springing up around the world where young children and older children with learning disabilities have been entered into programs where they have been reading to dogs. Dogs, you say? While our canine brethren have been enthusiasts of running, Frisbee, swimming, and many athletic pursuits, it’s been rare that they’ve been regarded by us humans as any meaningful participant in a literary salon. The vast majority of pooches haven’t even read Old Yeller, The Call of the Wild, or even Marley and Me.
Yet, these four-legged critics are being enlisted to hear recitations of Dr. Seuss, Hans Christian Andersen, and J.K. Rowling in schools and libraries everywhere, where previously they might not even have been let through the door due to various hygiene considerations. So what’s going on?
By Joe Wilkes
Lately, there have been a number of programs springing up around the world where young children and older children with learning disabilities have been entered into programs where they have been reading to dogs. Dogs, you say? While our canine brethren have been enthusiasts of running, Frisbee, swimming, and many athletic pursuits, it’s been rare that they’ve been regarded by us humans as any meaningful participant in a literary salon. The vast majority of pooches haven’t even read Old Yeller, The Call of the Wild, or even Marley and Me.
Yet, these four-legged critics are being enlisted to hear recitations of Dr. Seuss, Hans Christian Andersen, and J.K. Rowling in schools and libraries everywhere, where previously they might not even have been let through the door due to various hygiene considerations. So what’s going on?
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