Love to Read A–Z

By Denise Gary Photographs © Robert Gary Friends of the Phoenix Public Library invited Kids Need to Read to give books and Highlights magazines to children attending their event, Love to Read AZ! This is the third year the Friends group and Bookmans have brought the event to the Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix, […]

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 […]

KNTR Rolls with Desert Dolls Roller Derby

by Denise Gary Photographs © Denise Gary Heroes VS Villains logo © Desert Dolls Roller Derby Kids Need to Read had a fantastic time attending the Desert Dolls Roller Derby HEROES VS VILLAINS charity bout. All proceeds from the event, including ticket sales and t-shirt sales, benefited Kids Need to Read, thanks to the generosity of […]

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 […]

Avast Ye! Piratical Fun at Arizona Renaissance Festival

Written by Debbie Brown Photographs © Denise Gary Ahoy Me Hearties! Kids Need to Read had an AMAZING adventure at the 2012 Arizona Renaissance Festival! For the past two years (and many more to come) the festival has hosted a book drive for Kids Need to Read during Pirate Weekend. Buccaneers, lads, and lasses abounded […]