KNTR Helps Readers Rock Out in Arizona

Sonoran Science Academy in Tucson, Arizona is a non-profit, K-12 charter school working to build a library for its lower elementary student body. Due to lack of space, it currently does not have one, but the school’s administration is dedicated to fostering a love for language arts in their students. Parent volunteer Charmaine Thomas proposed […]

KNTR Meets the ChalleNGe in Wyoming

Kids Need to Read is proud to have donated forty books valued at $540 to the Wyoming Youth ChalleNGe Program in Guernsey, Wyoming.  This group is part of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program, a semi-military program that provides second chances to teens ages 16-19.  Their dedicated volunteers and teachers work hard to provide books […]

KNTR Donates Ninety Books to Kids Shelter

Kids Need to Read receives many messages from people telling us that books helped them survive their childhood. This knowledge inspired our recent gift of ninety new books to the Austin Shelter for Women and Children in Austin, Texas. These books were donated to honor the Austin Browncoats, a nonprofit organization that is an enthusiastic […]

KNTR Contributes to Volunteer Library

Growing up in Louisiana in the early sixties, our family had no city or county libraries available to us.  But luckily, the Bookmobile came around on its faithful schedule and afforded us the luxury of regular library visits.  I’ll always remember the “booky” smell upon entering the library on wheels and excitedly picking out my […]

Appreciating Dr. Horrible

You don’t need a PhD in Horribleness to appreciate the hilarity and originality of the wildly popular Internet miniseries Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. And We’re Doomed certainly appreciates his piece of Dr. Horrible memorabilia! “This is the best thing I ever got….Thank You!” –We’re Doomed All of us at Kids Need to Read are thrilled […]