# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Celebrate Read Across America with Clifford the Big Red Dog at Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee Library
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Wed, 04 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Celebrate Read Across America at the library!

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. 

First 40 children to read with a volunteer will receive a FREE Clifford book to take home with them.  

5th floor conference room. 

 
This program is geared toward children Preschool through third grade. Children can bring their own book or select one from the library. JCA volunteers are preselected and vetted and also trained by JCA staff in communication and intergenerational interactions.  

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

Questions about this program? Contact the branch 240-773-9420
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/silver-spring/celebrate-read-across-america-with-clifford-the-big-red-dog-at-brig-gen-charles-e-mcgee-library/200029766959447
- **Event Categories**: dog, art, literary-art, meet-and-greet, business, meetups, conferences
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://mcpl.events/read-across-america?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=silver+spring-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Silver Spring
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Montgomery County Public Libraries (Silver Spring)
- **lat**: 38.99513
- **long**: -77.02455
- **full address**: Montgomery County Public Libraries (Silver Spring), 900 Wayne Ave,Silver Spring,MD,United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Montgomery County Public Libraries (https://allevents.in/org/montgomery-county-public-libraries/12999211)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 04 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Montgomery County Public Libraries (Silver Spring), 900 Wayne Ave,Silver Spring,MD,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Montgomery County Public Libraries
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** dog, art, literary-art, meet-and-greet, business, meetups, conferences
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Celebrate Read Across America with Clifford the Big Red Dog at Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee Library ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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