Author Bree Despain Dedicates eBook Royalties to KNTR

by Denise Gary In honor of the upcoming release of The Savage Grace (book three in The Dark Divine trilogy), Egmont USA has released an eBook version of The Lost Letters of Brother Gabriel, an original story relating to the trilogy. The author of these tales, Bree Despain, has dedicated all of her royalties from […]

KNTR and ASU Youth Literacy Initiative Kickoff was “Out of this World”

Written by Denise Gary Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga Kids Need to Read (KNTR) and Arizona State University (ASU) have been working together with ASU Preparatory Academy (ASU Prep) in Phoenix, Arizona to inspire a Reading Revolution!  The project, which launched in September with a Skype video conference between the middle school students of ASU Prep […]

Event: Fireland Phoenix Faerie Festival

This will be KNTR’s second year at Fireland Phoenix Faerie Festival. We simply cannot resist the magic of the realm! We will be running three children’s games this year: Ring-a-Gnome, Dragonfly Races, and Bean Bag Toss, with all proceeds benefiting Kids Need to Read. Of course, we will have our KNTR backpacks, books, Highlights and […]

Growth Spurs KNTR Office Move (and a Big Sign!)

Written by Denise Gary Photographs © Denise Gary KNTR’s first one-room office space It was just a year ago that Kids Need to Read moved into its first permanent office space. We all worked out of one small room, with the landlords kindly providing an allocated area in the basement to store books. Over the […]

Word on the Street: Duckies, Books, and Kids

Written by Denise Gary Photographs © Robert Gary Kids Need to Read had the good fortune to be the featured charity of Mesa 2nd Friday’s “Word on the Street” event. The monthly 2nd Friday street party in old downtown Mesa plays around a different theme every month. “Word on the Street” focused on literacy, so […]