Paws & Pages (Prosser)

Join Daphne Wilcox and her dog Zuri at Prosser Library for this R.E.A.D.®program series that gives readers of all ages the opportunity to practice reading and communication skills with a registered therapy animal.

The Reading Education Assistance Dogs® (R.E.A.D.)® program improves children’s reading and communication skills by employing a powerful method: reading to an animal. But not just any animal. R.E.A.D. companions are registered therapy animals who volunteer with their owner/handlers as a team, going to schools, libraries and many other settings as reading companions for children.

Appointments will be scheduled in 15 minute intervals. To make an appointment, please contact the Prosser Library youth department at 860-243-9721, or stop by the Prosser Library Youth Department's information desk. Registering for an appointment in advance is recommended; walk-in appointments are welcome but are subject to availability of appointment times.

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Daphne Wilcox and her dog Zuri are currently registered with Intermountain Therapy Animals. She introduced the first R.E.A.D.® group in the Hartford area about twenty years ago. Her experience with R.E.A.D.® includes eight years in a first grade classroom, library programs in a variety of towns, group homes and with school social workers, psychologists and speech and language therapists. Daphne has a B.S. in early childhood education and an M.A. in Early Childhood / special education. She also volunteers for hospice with her dogs.