Read to a dog @ Southwest!

Relax and read with a dog! This program brings dogs and reluctant readers together for 15 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® (READ®). Use this link to sign up for one 15-minute time slot. Please feel free to bring a few books of your choice to read! When your time slot is about to begin, please hang out outside the door of the Children's Programming Room and someone will let you in when it is your time to read! Thanks :) If you have questions about accessibility, program stimulation levels, and/or need disability accommodations, please contact us at (919) 560-8592.

Last updated October 10, 2026