- Can read this book?

- We love our dog Millie and I've found she actually helps my twins work on their literacy skills.

Reading to Millie motivates my twins, Bexley and Braxton because Millie makes no corrections.

It's a real confidence booster.

- He sat there.

So he said - Reading fluency, including reading speed and phrasing improves with reading aloud and practicing the same material over and over.

Millie doesn't mind if the kids read the same book 20 times.

- Peanut butter found the bench to sit on.

- The benefits of reading to animals isn't just for the children.

Any pet is helped from the attention it receives.

It gives my twins a sense of purpose when they see that Millie loves their kindness and being included.

- And in and out.

- When a child reads to an animal, there's no judgment.

Millie is here every day to be a consistent listening companion.

- Did you like reading that book?

- Sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, helping build literacy skills and encouraging parents and children to spend 20 minutes a day reading together.