# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Celebrate Read Across America with Clifford the Big Red Dog
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Meet Clifford and read one-on-one with a JCA volunteer!

Montgomery County Public Libraries and the Jewish Council for the Aging (JCA) Heyman Interages Center are celebrating Read Across America Week in style with one-on-one reading opportunities and a meet-and-greet with beloved picture book character, Clifford the Big Red Dog.  
 
Come dressed as your favorite literary character and visit with Clifford and/or stop in and read with us! You can read one-on-one with a trained JCA Interages volunteer OR you can pick a story to have read to you. Children can bring their own book or select one from the library. JCA volunteers are preselected and vetted and trained by JCA staff in communication and intergenerational interactions.

First 40 children to read with a volunteer will receive a FREE Clifford book to take home with them!
 
For children Preschool through 3rd grade. Parents/caregivers MUST accompany children under the age of 8 during the program.

No advanced registration or appointment needed. Participants can drop-in. 

Can't make it on 3/1? Clifford will be visiting:

Wheaton Library on Monday, March 2, 5 p.m.
Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library on Wednesday, March 4, 5 p.m.
Questions about this program? Please contact Gaithersburg Library at 240-773-9490.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/montgomery-village/celebrate-read-across-america-with-clifford-the-big-red-dog/200029723537327
- **Event Categories**: dog, art, literary-art, meet-and-greet, meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Montgomery Village
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Montgomery County Public Libraries (Gaithersburg)
- **lat**: 39.15816
- **long**: -77.20556
- **full address**: Montgomery County Public Libraries (Gaithersburg), 18330 Montgomery Village Ave,Montgomery Village, Maryland, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Celebrate Read Across America with Clifford the Big Red Dog being held?
  - **A:** Celebrate Read Across America with Clifford the Big Red Dog takes place on Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm at Montgomery County Public Libraries (Gaithersburg), 18330 Montgomery Village Ave,Montgomery Village, Maryland, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Celebrate Read Across America with Clifford the Big Red Dog?
  - **A:** Celebrate Read Across America with Clifford the Big Red Dog is organized by Montgomery County Public Libraries.

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