Paws for Reading with Wally (Registration)
Saturday, July 18
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Ages 4-12
Join Wally and his handler Jessica Greene to practice your reading! Each child can sign up for a private 10-minute slot.
Registration REQUIRED — email childrens@dobbsferrylibrary.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the Children’s Room to sign up.
Reading Education Assistance Dogs® (R.E.A.D.®) is a registered program of Intermountain Therapy Animals, Salt Lake City, Utah. All rights reserved. R.E.A.D. is the 1st and foremost comprehensive reading to therapy dogs support program helping to improve children’s literacy and social skills through the assistance of trained, licensed and insured therapy dog teams as literacy mentors.
Movie Showing: “1776”
Saturday, July 18
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
“1776” is a delightful musical celebration of the founding of The United States of America. The story centers around the familiar historical characters as they organize a movement for independence from Mother England. All events lead up to that most significant date, July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
This is an adaptation of the Broadway Tony-winning musical based on the 1972 Tony award-winning musical play “1776”.
Starring William Daniels, Ken Howard, Howard Da Silva, Blythe Danner
directed by Peter H. Hunt; 1972. PG. Run time 166 min.