With Dude the Maltese-cross snuggled next to him, sometimes the little dog resting on his knee, eight-year-old Oscar Baguley is confidently reading a chapter book in a quiet corner of the Woden Library.
Reading was something he once didn't enjoy. But that was before he joined the Story Dogs program in which reluctant readers settle in and read to a dog. And, before they know it, are flying through the pages and actually enjoying the process.