May

9

Kids Need to Read Schedule of Events: Phoenix Comicon 2013

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It’s that time of year again—time for fantastic fun, crazy costumes, and massive sleep deprivation at Phoenix Comicon 2013, May 23–26, Phoenix Convention Center! Check out our schedule of Kids Need to Read-sponsored youth programming, book giveaways, fundraising games, and of course, the unbelievably geektastic 4th Annual KNTR Geek Prom, sponsored by Bookmans! Kids Need [...]

Apr

25

KNTR Geek Prom Tickets Now on Sale!

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Kids Need to Read Geek Prom Sponsored by Bookmans Hosted at Phoenix Comicon Hyatt Regency Ballroom Phoenix, Arizona Saturday, May 25, 2013 9:00 PM–1:00 AM (or, you know . . . till whenever) Purchase your Geek Prom pass here: https://phoenixcomicon.com/shop $15 online now or $20 onsite during the convention Don’t miss the fourth annual Kids [...]

Apr

21

Me Oh My-o, We Had Big Fun on the Bayou!

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By Denise Gary Photographs © Robert Gary and Denise Gary It was messy and it was fun! Kids Need to Read brought bayou fun to the desert with our first-ever Cajun Crawfish Boil Charité, raising funds for the KNTR “Kids-N-Peace” literacy program. Folks enjoyed toe-tappin’ Cajun Zydeco music while wolfing down fresh mudbugs and other [...]

Apr

2

Nathan Fillion Birthday Wish: We Thank You

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All of us at Kids Need to Read would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported the Nathan Fillion Birthday Wish for Kids Need to Read. Through your generosity, the online event raised over $17,000 in support of Kids Need to Read. As a co-founder of the organization, actor Nathan Fillion [...]

Mar

21

Love to Read A–Z

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By Denise Gary Photographs © Robert Gary Friends of the Phoenix Public Library invited Kids Need to Read to give books and Highlights magazines to children attending their event, Love to Read AZ! This is the third year the Friends group and Bookmans have brought the event to the Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix, [...]

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