The Enoch Pratt Free Library has launched a program intended to help children improve their reading.
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If you have a child who needs some encouragement to read, you might want to check out a new program at the Pratt Library downtown. It's a special experience involving man's best friend.
Students from Grace and Saint Peter's School have a date at the Pratt Library with Jillian, Shiloh and Chester.
The Pratt's newest children's program is "Paws to Read."
Students between the ages of 6 through 12 can practice their reading skills. The volunteer listeners, the dogs, are all ears to help their new friends read.
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