R.E.A.D.
Minnesota Therapy Animals
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
                                         -Richard Steele

elementary schools
libraries
preschools and child care facilities
before and after school programs
healthcare facilities
boys and girls clubs
youth detention facilities
Photo Credi
Team Teddy Guy

Team Buddy (Cocker) with Stuart   
Team Sassy "READ WITH DOGS"  
North Star Therapy Animals
READ To Me - Charlie, Cobi and Anne   Downtown Dogs Minneapolis
Team Ginger (Pomeranian) at Nokomis Library  TD Inc.
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communication skills by employing a powerful method; reading to a dog.  But not just any dog.

R.E.A.D. dogs 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.

Today, hundreds of registered R.E.A.D. teams work throughout the United States and Canada.  R.E.
A.D. is one of those ideas that, in the word of Bill Moyers, “pierces the mundane to arrive at the
marvelous.”

               Where Does R.E.A.D. Happen?

R.E.A.D. programs are being implemented all across the country in:
:
What is R.E.A.D.®?
Creative new ideas and variations
occur with the teams all the time!  

Need more information?   Check
out the
ITA/R.E.A.D.
web site or check Calendar
section of this website for
upcoming seminars.
Dedicated and attentive listeners come from
near and far to have the children read to them.
R.E.A.D. Dogs MN
Team
      Teddy