Arizona High School Students Help Provide Books to Mississippi Elementary School
Written by Denise Gary It is always very moving when children work to make life better for other children they have never met. I am never sure they truly comprehend the desperate lives other children sometimes lead, but I do know that a spirit of peace, tolerance, and compassion is forged by working to help […]
Finding Time for Literacy at Home
Written by Rebecca Hipps As busy adults, it is often difficult to find time to directly promote literacy in the lives of our children. Between working, school, and completing all the tasks parents must do on a daily basis, time simply runs out. As children grow and develop, it is very important that they receive […]
Author and Illustrator Jackie Morris Joins the KNTR Advisory Council
Kids Need to Read enthusiastically welcomes Jackie Morris to the foundation’s Advisory Council, where she joins author PJ Haarsma, actor Nathan Fillion, and writer Margaret Bostrom. Jackie is an illustrator and author living in Wales in the UK. She has two children, Tom and Hannah, and read to both even before they were born. She […]
Memories of the KNTR HIKRZ Jamboree, Presented by GoDaddy.com
Written by Denise Gary Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga and Denise Gary The first annual HIKRZ Jamboree Presented by GoDaddy.com was simply amazing! As I watched the many storytellers, authors, illustrators, and other creative individuals entertain the children, I knew on the spot that the next time Kids Need to Read organized this event, we would […]