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Young readers are struggling in the pandemic. Here s how horses are helping. Cathy Free, The Washington Post March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Two of Caitlin Gooch s ponies that visit students, many of them low-income, at community events. The children pick a book to read to the ponies and can then take the book home.Caitlin Gooch.Show MoreShow Less 2of3Caitlin Gooch at a library reading event that she brought her horses to in 2019.Halleigh Gooch.Show MoreShow Less 3of3 Students across the county are floundering academically in the coronavirus pandemic. Young, low-income students are especially vulnerable, and in some places, entire classes of children are struggling to read. ....