Fourth Annual PetSmart Reading Buddy Drive Is Live for 2019 (Online, Too!)

We are so excited! This is our fourth year to partner with PetSmart Phoenix to collect Chance the Dog, Lucky the Cat, Hope the Bunny, and new this year Lucky the Unicorn to serve as read aloud pals for children. The drive has begun and for the first time ever, supporters can donate buddies ONLINE, […]

Thunderbirds Charities Awards $25,000 Grant to Kids Need to Read

Kids Need to Read was the fortunate recipient of a generous $25,000 grant award from Thunderbirds Charities. This is the third year of funding Kids Need to Read has received from Thunderbirds Charities, which has provided over $147 million of charitable donations to Arizona-based organizations over the years. The funds will be used to provide books […]

Helping Children to Get Lost In Books

It’s really nice of you to encourage kids to read. It really does bring you into a whole other world. —Fifth grade student, dorm resident and Kids Need to Read book beneficiary, Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Community School, Navajo Nation   Greetings!   With simplicity and clarity, an elementary school student verbalized the importance of reading in a […]

Highlights and Kids Need to Read: Please Join Our #GivingTuesday Partnership

The young man above perfectly illustrates what happens whenever we hand out Highlights magazines to the children we serve. Curiosity over the cover is followed by expressions of wonder and great smiles, and sometimes even exclamations of delight (as was the case with this young fellow)! We consider the magazines to be one of our […]

From Our Shelves to Yours: Seventeen Recipients in Thirteen States Receive New Books

By Alicia Vallee Photos by Alicia Vallee, Donna Krutsinger, and Joel Greene The last quarter was an incredibly busy time for Kids Need to Read, with inventory, a major fundraiser and many school visits in The Page Coach! Despite this buzz of activities, we sent out books to seventeen recipients in thirteen states: Arizona, California, […]