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We have a program that encourages young readers by letting them borrow a furry friend to read with!

Paws to Read pairs children with trained therapy dogs. The pups make an ideal audience—supportive, adorable and happy to listen to the reader—and all they ask for in return is the occasional belly rub. Paws to Read is open to any kids who can read independently.

We’re hosting Paws to Read sessions at 6 and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, at our Headlands Branch.

Each child gets 30 minutes to read with their therapy dog. Registration is required, and we have a finite number of therapy dogs volunteering; so, unfortunately, there’s a limit on how many kids can participate. Call us to sign up now at (440) 257-2000.

Discover the lives of Rose O’Neal Greenhow, Belle Boyd, Laura Ratcliffe, and Antonia Ford — four women who used their wits and wiles to spy for the Confederacy during the US Civil War. Learn how they contributed to the Confederate war effort and what happened to them after the war.

Michelle Seddon of James A. National Garfield Historic Site will explain how the women gathered intelligence, shared that information with Confederate leaders, and what happened to them after the war.

By the way, if you’re interested in Civil War history, several talks in our Civil War series with Garfield National Historic Site can be viewed online in their entirety, including:

• Antietam: The Deadliest Day in US History
• The Atlanta Campaign
• Gettysburg
• The Fourteenth Amendment
• The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
• Life & Legacy of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Have sensitive documents like tax forms or medical records to get rid of? Get them shredded during Xpress Shredding and Mentor Public Library’s annual Shred Day.

Shred Day will be held from 7 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, in the parking lot of Xpress Shredding’s headquarters – which is located at 8001 Moving Way, right off of Tyler Boulevard in Mentor. (Please do not bring your documents to the library.)

The free service is available to Mentor residents and library patrons. People can drop off as many as five document-storage boxes or bags of paper. Shred Day will be held rain or shine. Vehicles must be in line by 10:30 a.m.

Connie Schultz discusses her new picture book Lola and the Troll. She also talks about:

• the delight of working with illustrator Sandy Rodriguez
• how Lola wouldn’t have existed without Casey McIntyre
• the third grade teacher that changed Connie’s life
• her grandkids’ favorite picture book

In addition to Lola, Schultz has also written the essay collection Life Happens, political memoir …and His Lovely Wife, and novel The Daughters of Erietown.

• Connie Schultz discusses Daughters of Erietown