Read to a Breed

Read to a Breed Reading to therapy animals encourages children to experience the joys of reading.

With Minnesota State Fair โ€“ I just got recognized as one of their top fans! ๐ŸŽ‰
09/11/2025

With Minnesota State Fair โ€“ I just got recognized as one of their top fans! ๐ŸŽ‰

READ TO A BREEDยฎ at MINNESOTA STATE FAIR!โฃโฃโฃโ€ข ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ 2% of parents with children 9 and younger read with their children [A...
09/01/2025

READ TO A BREEDยฎ at MINNESOTA STATE FAIR!โฃโฃ
โฃโ€ข ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ 2% of parents with children 9 and younger read with their children [American Time Use Survey]โฃโฃ
โ€ข A ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต to all the parents who brought their children to read to our therapy animals. โฃ
โ€ข ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ North Star Therapy Animals of Pet Partners, an all volunteer, non-profit organization.โฃโฃ
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Stephanie purchased Dianeโ€™s book for her son, Marius.Marius is 1 month old today, the start of a State Fair tradition!
08/29/2025

Stephanie purchased Dianeโ€™s book for her son, Marius.
Marius is 1 month old today, the start of a State Fair tradition!

Jill, the owner of Urban Growler, is at the State Fair with her MockTails zero alcohol drink consession.She just purchas...
08/29/2025

Jill, the owner of Urban Growler, is at the State Fair with her MockTails zero alcohol drink consession.
She just purchased two copies of Dianeโ€™s book!

Meet Jo (holding) Dianeโ€™s book, from Bismarck, ND.She will share the book with her students!We are at the GoodThings Sta...
08/29/2025

Meet Jo (holding) Dianeโ€™s book, from Bismarck, ND.
She will share the book with her students!
We are at the GoodThings State Fair store on Murphy Ave.

โ€ข Yes! Children can read to our therapy Llamas Reese's (brown) and Whiteout (blond)!โฃโฃโฃโฃโ€ข Also meet our therapy rabbits,...
08/22/2025

โ€ข Yes! Children can read to our therapy Llamas Reese's (brown) and Whiteout (blond)!โฃโฃโฃโฃ
โ€ข Also meet our therapy rabbits, guinea pigs, cats and many, many dog breeds.โฃโฃโฃโฃ
โ€ข FREE. Sponsored by North Star Therapy Animals of Pet Partners, an all volunteer organization.โฃโฃ
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โ€ข While ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ our four Siberian Huskies, you can ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ about the breed, too!โฃ๐‡๐ˆ๐๐“: Siberians are friendly... and misc...
08/22/2025

โ€ข While ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ our four Siberian Huskies, you can ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ about the breed, too!โฃ
๐‡๐ˆ๐๐“: Siberians are friendly... and mischievous.โฃ
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โ€ข Therapy Dogs will make you ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ!โฃโฃโ€ข ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ all our many therapy dogs.โฃโฃโ€ข Sponsored by North Sta...
08/20/2025

โ€ข Therapy Dogs will make you ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ!โฃโฃ
โ€ข ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ all our many therapy dogs.โฃโฃ
โ€ข Sponsored by North Star Therapy Animals of Pet Partners, an all volunteer organization.โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ
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โ€ข ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ can't wait until children read to โฃโฃโฃโฃthem!โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโ€ข ๐‹๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ - Yes, read to a therapy Llama!โฃโฃโฃโ€ข ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ - S...
08/19/2025

โ€ข ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ can't wait until children read to โฃโฃโฃโฃ
them!โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ
โ€ข ๐‹๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ - Yes, read to a therapy Llama!โฃโฃโฃ
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โ€ข ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ Therapy Dog adventures at the Minnesota State Fairโฃโฃโฃ!โ€ข ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž - Oops, two therapy dogs "acciden...
08/19/2025

โ€ข ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ Therapy Dog adventures at the Minnesota State Fairโฃโฃโฃ!
โ€ข ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž - Oops, two therapy dogs "accidentally" take a few bites!:)โฃโฃโฃ

โ€ข ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐–ญ๐–พ๐—๐—Œ๐—„๐—’ "๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ๐–ฝ" ๐Ÿช ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—†๐—†๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐–ฎ๐—‡-๐–บ-๐–ฒ๐—๐—‚๐–ผ๐—„.โฃโ€ข ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐—๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–ณ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—๐—Œ๐—„๐—’ ๐–บ ๐–ง๐–บ๐—‰๐—‰๐—’ ๐–ก๐—‚๐—‹๐—๐—๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—’.โฃโ€ข ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ, ๐—‰๐–พ๐— ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–พ๐—‡๐—ƒ๐—ˆ๐—’ ๐—ˆ...
08/15/2025

โ€ข ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐–ญ๐–พ๐—๐—Œ๐—„๐—’ "๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ๐–ฝ" ๐Ÿช ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—†๐—†๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐–ฎ๐—‡-๐–บ-๐–ฒ๐—๐—‚๐–ผ๐—„.โฃ
โ€ข ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐—๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–ณ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—๐—Œ๐—„๐—’ ๐–บ ๐–ง๐–บ๐—‰๐—‰๐—’ ๐–ก๐—‚๐—‹๐—๐—๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—’.โฃ
โ€ข ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ, ๐—‰๐–พ๐— ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–พ๐—‡๐—ƒ๐—ˆ๐—’ ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‹ ๐–ฒ๐—‚๐–ป๐–พ๐—‹๐—‚๐–บ๐—‡๐—Œ ๐–ง๐—Ž๐—Œ๐—„๐—‚๐–พ๐—Œ.โฃ
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