Author Steven Riley Inspires “READ Together” Kids

By Denise Gary Photos by Robert Gary, Shelby McBride, and Denise Gary I thought the presentation by Steven Riley for our kindergarten students was outstanding! Kindergarten is a hard age to keep engaged, and he had our 150 kindergarteners engaged and enjoying themselves throughout the presentation. What’s even more amazing is that he incorporated teaching […]

Geekrageous Fun at Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest!

By Denise Gary Photos by Bruce Matsunaga, Shelby McBride, and Phoenix Comicon What a geekrageous time we had at Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2015! Yes, we make up our own words about Phoenix Comicon, because no ordinary words will suffice. Taking place at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Kids Need to Read “worked” the […]

#GivingTuesday Results in 36,331 Highlights Magazines for KNTR!

By Zachary J Fox Photos by Shelby McBride, Bruce Matsunaga, and Denise Gary Highlights magazines are filling up the warehouse of Kids Need to Read and we are running out of room! This is thanks to everyone who participated in the Highlights #GivingTuesday project, which pledged 12 copies of Highlights magazines to Kids Need to […]

Highlights Supports Kids Need to Read on #GivingTuesday

by Denise Gary Photo by Denise Gary Today, 32.4 million American children go without books. In 2014, Highlights for Children raised 32,820 copies of Highlights, High Five, and High Five Bilingüe magazines for Kids Need to Read through #GivingTuesday, helping to provide desperately needed reading resources to tens of thousands of these children throughout the […]

Geek Power-up: Phoenix Comicon Raises $29,493 for KNTR

by Denise Gary Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga and Robert Gary Phenomenal!!! How else to describe the incredibly fun and successful weekend we enjoyed at Phoenix Comicon 2015?! Every year Kids Need to Read looks forward to Phoenix Comicon with as much anticipation and excitement as a young child awaiting a holiday! It is that much […]