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Read to Rover for K - 8: Rakow Branch

Rakow Branch
2025-05-11 13:00:00 2025-05-11 13:15:00 America/Chicago Read to Rover for K - 8: Rakow Branch Practice your reading skills by cuddling up with a good book and reading aloud to a fully trained and certified therapy dog. Registration required. For grades K through 8. Rakow Branch - Rakow - Children's Area

Sunday, May 11
1:00pm - 1:15pm

Add to Calendar 2025-05-11 13:00:00 2025-05-11 13:15:00 America/Chicago Read to Rover for K - 8: Rakow Branch Practice your reading skills by cuddling up with a good book and reading aloud to a fully trained and certified therapy dog. Registration required. For grades K through 8. Rakow Branch - Rakow - Children's Area

Rakow Branch

Rakow - Children's Area

Practice your reading skills by cuddling up with a good book and reading aloud to a fully trained and certified therapy dog. Registration required. For grades K through 8.

WARNING: REGISTRATION IS NOT OPEN UNTIL: TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH- 09:00 AM

Join us in the Children's area to read to a certified therapy dog at our beautiful Rakow Branch!

If you are unable to attend the event, please cancel your registration so a student on the waitlist can join the event.  We will be taking attendance at the programs and staff members reserve the right to move a registrant to the waitlist if they are found to be consistently absent from registered programs.

AGE GROUP: | Middle School | Elementary School |

EVENT TYPE: | Activity |

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Rakow Branch
Phone: 847-531-7271
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