Arizona Coyotes Light the Lamp for KNTR

By Denise Gary Photos by Shelby McBride, Arizona Coyotes, Bruce Matsunaga, Robert Gary, and Sarah Zelhart Kids Need to Read has enjoyed its second year of partnership with the Arizona Coyotes Hockey Club and what an exciting year it has been! Not only has KNTR benefited from an Arizona Coyotes Foundation 50/50 game raffle, several […]

Arizona Renaissance Festival Raises Literary Treasure for KNTR

By Denise Gary Photos by Bruce Matsunaga and Shelby McBride Oh, the great times we always have at the annual Arizona Renaissance Festival book drive for Kids Need to Read! For six years, the festival has been holding the book-raiser benefiting KNTR during their highly popular Pirate Invasion Weekend and this year, the festival raised […]

“Grow Your Library” Brings Books to Porterville Library in California

by Gary Mlodzik Photos by Yuli Andrade, Lupita Torres and Gary Mlodzik We are beyond blessed by your organization’s generosity and commitment to sharing the love of reading with our children. —Vikki Cervantes, City Librarian These kind words were written after a Grow Your Library story time event that almost failed to come together. Perseverance […]

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 […]