Juliette Goodrich

Paws Goes to the Library Juliette Goodrich

Paws Goes to the Library is a children's story about a dog who was born with GYNORMOUS paws. He goes to the library to research how he can get his paws to shrink. He wants them to like his other doggie friends' paws. As he is searching for a book he stumbles across a little boy struggling to read. The boy and dog become fast friends. The little boy ends up reading to the dog weekly and resting his head on his big furry paws! As word spreads about this new friendship, the other kids in town decide they want to visit the library and read to a furry pet too! The storyline is based on an actual library reading program called Paws. Trained dogs and their handlers visit the library and children spend time reading to the dog. The children gain confidence in their reading skills and actually love to read to a dog who is non judgmental. The dogs just want to curl up and listen to a little voice read to them and the kids have shown remarkable improvement in their reading skills as a result! The book has illustrations and also real life photos of children reading to dogs at the Pleasanton Library in Pleasanton, California.