Celebrate Read Across America with Clifford the Big Red Dog

at Gaithersburg Library

Meet Clifford and read one-on-one with a JCA volunteer!

Montgomery County Public Libraries and the Jewish Council for the Aging (JCA) Heyman Interages Center are celebrating Read Across America Week in style with one-on-one reading opportunities and a meet-and-greet with beloved picture book character, Clifford the Big Red Dog.  
 
Come dressed as your favorite literary character and visit with Clifford and/or stop in and read with us! You can read one-on-one with a trained JCA Interages volunteer OR you can pick a story to have read to you. Children can bring their own book or select one from the library. JCA volunteers are preselected and vetted and trained by JCA staff in communication and intergenerational interactions.

First 40 children to read with a volunteer will receive a FREE Clifford book to take home with them!
 
For children Preschool through 3rd grade. Parents/caregivers MUST accompany children under the age of 8 during the program.

No advanced registration or appointment needed. Participants can drop-in. 

Can't make it on 3/1? Clifford will be visiting:

• Wheaton Library on Monday, March 2, 5 p.m.
• Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library on Wednesday, March 4, 5 p.m.

Questions about this program? Please contact Gaithersburg Library at 240-773-9490.

Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the suggested age range of the program. Adults attending a program intended for children must have an accompanying child.

If you plan to attend with a group of ten or more, please contact the branch at least one week before the program to discuss how your group might be accommodated.

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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