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‘Book Club with Lola’ encourages young readers BY LAUREL HUSTER laurel@newnan.com

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ome young readers have a tough time reading out loud, and the Newnan Carnegie Library is hoping to help with the assistance of a furry friend. Lola, an 8-year-old Great Pyrenees, and her owner Pam Kemp visit the Carnegie Library in downtown Newnan twice a month. Children that are elementary through middle school age can read to her for 15 minutes to help improve their reading skills. This week, Madelynn Parkman came to read a new book she got for Christmas to Lola. Her mom, Elizabeth Parkman, proudly announced that Madelynn is now reading on a second-grade reading level. Madelynn is in the first grade at Welch Elementary School. Before she started

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PHOTO BY LAUREL HUSTER Madelynn Parkman reads to Lola twice a month. Since she started the program, she went from reading on a kindergarten reading level to a second-grade reading level.


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