Kids-N-Peace: Anti-bullying Poster Contest

by Denise Gary Photographs © Denise Gary Students at Children First Academy in Tempe, Arizona created posters as part of the Kids Need to Read Kids-N-Peace program conducted at the campus by School Counselor Todd Kemmerer. Kids Need to Read provided each fifth through eighth grade student with a copy of Jay McGraw’s Life Strategies […]

Literacy through the Arts with Mesa Arts Center

by Denise Gary Photographs © Denise Gary Kids and Books and Theater and Imagination! Kids Need to Read was honored to partner with Mesa Arts Center during the 2013–2014 school year, supporting their Literacy through the Arts residency program at Lowell Elementary School in Mesa, Arizona. Kids Need to Read provided books in support of the […]

Kids-N-Peace: Arizona BookPALs Read for Peace

by Denise Gary Photographs © Denise Gary Kids Need to Read had the pleasure of partnering throughout the 2013–2014 school year with the talented Arizona BookPALs, who read character-building books to the kindergarten through fourth grade students of Children First Academy in Tempe, Arizona. Books for the readers were provided by Kids Need to Read […]

Art, Sun, and BOOKS!

by Debbie Brown Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga and David Ranck Kids Need to Read is always looking for new ways to spread the love of reading to children. We had the pleasure of attending Phoenix Festival of the Arts this year, and what an amazing weekend! The sun was shining and everywhere there were smiles! […]

Steven Riley: Slapstick Story Creation

by Denise Gary Photographs © Denise Gary Kids Need to Read recently introduced author and illustrator Steven Riley (Little Ty Cooney National Wonders series) to the kindergarten through fourth grade students of Children First Academy in Tempe, Arizona as part of the Kids-N-Peace literacy program. Let me just say straight up, Steven is extraordinarily entertaining […]