Family Literacy Festival this Weekend!

By Denise Gary Photographs © Denise Gary & Robert Gary Saturday, October 27, 2012 Phoenix Library Friends 35th Anniversary Family Literacy Festival Margaret T. Hance Park (next to Burton Barr Public Library) Phoenix, Arizona 10:00 AM–2:00 PM Come on out and join us at Margaret T. Hance Park for a free event celebrating reading and […]

Fry’s Fund Awards $2,000 to KNTR “Reading Revolution”

Written by Denise Gary and Craig Kyzar Photographs © Robert Gary The fall semester is underway and that means Kids Need to Read has been busy preparing for a new year of Reading Revolution, the groundbreaking literacy program for middle school students produced in partnership with Arizona State University and ASU Preparatory Academy, an inner-city […]

Please Help KNTR Win Funding From Chase Community Giving!

VOTE HERE! We need your help and it will only take mere moments! Kids Need to Read has been nominated in Chase Community Giving’s annual $5 million giveaway. That’s right, $5 million buckaroos will be split between the 196 charities who receive the most votes between September 6 – 19, 2012. KNTR could win from […]

Kids Laugh and Learn at KNTR Build-a-Book Program with Steven Riley

By Denise Gary Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga, Robert Gary, and Carl Wagner There are times when you just have to stand back and marvel! Such was the case when the always hilarious and entertaining author/illustrator Steven Riley led creative sessions for children in the Kids Need to Read pavilion at Phoenix Comicon 2012. The convention […]

Reading Revolution: ASU Prep Students Demonstrate Proactive Solutions

by Denise Gary Photographs © Robert Gary “Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible — the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” —Virginia Satir The quote above could easily be describing Reading Revolution, the […]