PHOTO GALLERY: 'Reading Puppies'
"Dixie" the yellow lab greets Spike the Bulldog mascot at the Farmin Stidwell Elementary School Reading Puppies event Tuesday morning.
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First grade teacher Leana Nitcy throws stuffed puppies to her class for the Reading Puppies event at Farmin Stidwell Elementary School Tuesday morning.
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Vice Principal Betsy Dalessio's yellow lab, "Dixie" looks on as children catch stuffed puppies at the Farmin Stidwell Elementary School Reading Puppies event Tuesday.
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A first grader sits holding her stuffed puppy at the Farmin Stidwell Elementary School Reading Puppies event Tuesday morning.
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Late Tuesday morning, first graders at the First graders at Farmin Stidwell Elementary School lined up to collect their stuffed puppies for the school's "Reading Puppies" event.
The program is meant to help encourage early reading, said first grade teacher Leana Nitcy. Children record time spent reading with their parents, and are rewarded with things for their reading puppy: "Adoption paperwork," vet kits, and collars, to name a few.
