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 […]

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 […]

2012: A Geek Odyssey (aka KNTR Geek Prom)

Kids Need to Read Geek Prom 2012 Sponsored by Bookmans Hosted at Phoenix Comicon by Denise Gary Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga, Devon Christopher Adams, MrAnathema Photography, Eric Fiallos, and Ash Rhodes The theme was Space-Geek. Your Host, Crazy Neon Alien Lady. Asteroids streaked overhead! Beings came in droves . . . Aliens Geeks Nerds Dweebs […]

Memories of Phoenix Comicon 2012

By Denise Gary Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga, Robert Gary, Carl Wagner, and Denise Gary It is always difficult to express the importance of Kids Need to Read’s annual involvement in Phoenix Comicon to our overall year. Not only is the KNTR Geek Prom, sponsored by Bookmans and hosted at Phoenix Comicon, our largest fundraiser of […]

KNTR Geek Prom Tickets Now on Sale!

Kids Need to Read Geek Prom Sponsored by Bookmans Hosted at Phoenix Comicon Hyatt Regency Ballroom Phoenix, Arizona Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:00 PM-Midnight (or, you know . . . to whenever) Purchase your Geek Prom pass here: https://phoenixcomicon.com/shop $15 online now or $20 onsite during the convention Do not contemplate being a wallflower too […]