Sign up for your 1:1 slot to read to Tessie outside! Tessie is our Certified Therapy Dog. Her calm & comforting presence helps students gain confidence in reading skills. Children in grades K-3 can be pre-registered for a 10 minute slot with Tessie, socially distanced in our outdoor courtyard - petting the dog is OK!

Masks are required.  Please bring your own book to read. Readers are invited to come a few minutes early and wait in the side yard area until your appointed time. We will wave you over once we have sanitized and Tessie is ready. Please bring only one adult and one child to your session. Contact the Children's Room for questions: 978-468-5577 X613  or email Lorraine Der: lder@hwlibrary.org.  Registration gives the child permission to meet with Tessie, Tessie's handler (Ms Fleming), and consent to photography for possible use on social media.