001Hi everyone, my name is Brandy Candidate and I am the federal grants bookkeeper for Henry County Public Schools. I am so glad to be with you today as we read chapter 30 of your summer reading book, Dogtown. Let's jump in and let's see what happens next. Chapter 30, Real Dogs Only. The best days at Dogtown were reading buddy days. The Reading Buddy program was designed to help human children get more confident with their reading. But for us, it was so much more. Like I said, most of us Dogtowners got very little cuddling. There were too many dogs and too much for the volunteers to do. But on reading buddy days, we got visits from the cutest kids around. We sat in their labs. We nuzzled their knees and listened while books with bright, beautiful pictures
002were read to us. Even the grouchiest dog in Dog Town wagged his tail on reading buddy days. Mouse loved reading buddies as much as we did. He had dozens of hiding places by the book baskets on reading buddy row and he had a favorite book called Charlotte's Web. That's how mouse learned to read. As a matter of fact, metal dogs got to be reading buddies, too. But few kids wanted to cuddle with a machine or crawl up next to an electrical outlet. The kids loved hanging out with real dogs. The parents love seeing photos of their kid reading to a dog and management loved taking pictures for the website. It was a win-win for everyone. And once in a while, a dog got adopted by her reading buddy. It had happened enough times to get
003a dog's hopes up. Even a dog like me. Thank you for reading with me today. Goodbye for nail.