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01/16/2019 06:00 AM

Samantha is All Ears at Hagaman Library


Photo by Meglin Bodner/The Courier

Hatim Elarabi reads to therapy dog Samantha while Mariam Elarabi settles in for the story. Samantha was at the Hagaman Memorial Library on Jan. 12 encourage kids to practice and get comfortable with reading.

Samantha returns to the library on Saturday, Feb. 9. For more information on this or other programs at the library, visit www.hagamanlibrary.org.

Children got the chance to read to Samantha, a therapy dog, on Saturday, January 12th at the Hagaman Memorial Library in East Haven. Samantha will also be at the library on February 9, 2019. Reading to Samantha allows children to practice and get comfortable reading. Ella Polini reads Owl Diaries to Samantha. Photo by Meglin Bodner/The Courier
Children got the chance to read to Samantha, a therapy dog, on Saturday, January 12th at the Hagaman Memorial Library in East Haven. Samantha will also be at the library on February 9, 2019. Reading to Samantha allows children to practice and get comfortable reading. Jennifer Farkas and Chris Eldred read Happy Birthday Thomas to Samantha. Photo by Meglin Bodner/The Courier
Children got the chance to read to Samantha, a therapy dog, on Saturday, January 12th at the Hagaman Memorial Library in East Haven. Samantha will also be at the library on February 9, 2019. Reading to Samantha allows children to practice and get comfortable reading. Jennifer Farkas pets Samantha while Chris Eldred looks at Samantha. Photo by Meglin Bodner/The Courier
Children got the chance to read to Samantha, a therapy dog, on Saturday, January 12th at the Hagaman Memorial Library in East Haven. Samantha will also be at the library on February 9, 2019. Reading to Samantha allows children to practice and get comfortable reading. Chris Eldred pets Samantha. Photo by Meglin Bodner/The Courier
Children got the chance to read to Samantha, a therapy dog, on Saturday, January 12th at the Hagaman Memorial Library in East Haven. Samantha will also be at the library on February 9, 2019. Reading to Samantha allows children to practice and get comfortable reading. Zoe Trickett and Lilliana Sargent read to Samantha. Photo by Meglin Bodner/The Courier
Children got the chance to read to Samantha, a therapy dog, on Saturday, January 12th at the Hagaman Memorial Library in East Haven. Samantha will also be at the library on February 9, 2019. Reading to Samantha allows children to practice and get comfortable reading. Photo by Meglin Bodner/The Courier
Children got the chance to read to Samantha, a therapy dog, on Saturday, January 12th at the Hagaman Memorial Library in East Haven. Samantha will also be at the library on February 9, 2019. Reading to Samantha allows children to practice and get comfortable reading. Lilliana Sargent pets Samantha while Zoe Trickett continues to read. Photo by Meglin Bodner/The Courier