Great Fun Celebrating Phoenix Library Friends 35th!

By Denise Gary Photographs © Robert Gary & Bruce Matsunaga Kids Need to Read was invited by Friends of the Phoenix Public Library to help produce a free community event celebrating family literacy and the 35th anniversary of the Friends group. The day was filled with sunshine, books, literacy activities, and laughter! The event took […]

PJ Haarsma Kicks Off Second Year of “Reading Revolution”

Written by Denise Gary Photographs © Denise Gary We had a fantastic morning introducing author PJ Haarsma to the sixth grade students at ASU Preparatory Academy via Skype this past fall to kick off the second year of Reading Revolution programming. It was thrilling to watch the faces of the kids as they laughed and […]

Shannon Messenger Book Drive is a “Keeper”

Written by Denise Gary Photographs © Denise Gary Author Shannon Messenger, with the assistance of Changing Hands Bookstore and Simon & Schuster Publishing, arranged a book drive to benefit Kids Need to Read at her Keeper of the Lost Cities book launch. The drive, which took place at Changing Hands, resulted in 150 copies of […]

2012 Barnes & Noble Book Drive for Kids Need to Read is ON!

The holiday season is officially begun here at Kids Need to Read! Once again, our friends at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers at the Chandler Fashion Mall and the Dana Park Village Square locations are hard at work with their Kids Need to Read Holiday Book Drive. Now through the end of December, you can […]

KNTR Receives $2,500 from Employees Community Fund of Boeing Arizona

By Denise Gary Photographs © Robert Gary It is a rare privilege to be able to personally address a grant-making board to say thank you and describe the progress Kids Need to Read (KNTR) is making due to the company’s generosity, but I recently had the honor to do just that at an Employees Community […]