Read for Children: Be the Superhero in a Child’s Story!

Unleash Your Inner Superhero This May

This May, Next Door’s annual Read for Children event returns — and we’re calling on our community superheroes to help power a month filled with reading, imagination, and bright futures for Milwaukee’s youngest learners.

Read for Children highlights the importance of early literacy and provides a boost of resources for early learning in our classrooms and our families’ homes.

Read for Children Highlights: Superheroes at Work!

We’re well into Read for Children, and the momentum is building. Watch and relive some of our favorite moments from the month below!

A Special Visit with Mayor Cavalier Johnson

Author Natasha Tarpley Reads with Our EHS Students!

Powerful Early Literacy Insights with Maya Smart

Story Time Magic with Heide Piehler from Reach Out and Read

Check back weekly to keep up with the Read for Children fun!

Event Goals

• Read 135,000 minutes to Next Door students
• Raise $135,000 for Next Door’s early literacy education
• Collect 1,000 new board and picture books for children ages birth to five

Ways You’ll Be Able to Join the Adventure:

Donate Fuel the Mission

Your support helps strengthen early literacy programming Milwaukee children. Early gifts make an immediate impact and help launch our month‑long reading quest with momentum.

Volunteer as a Reading Superhero

Opportunities to help us reach our goal of reading to children for 135,000 minutes have been posted! Check out our Volunteer page for more information or reach out to Missy at volunteer@nextdoormke.org with questions.

Be a Book Hero

By choosing a book from our Amazon Wish List, you help put a brand‑new story into a child’s hands—supporting early literacy, imagination, and a lifelong love of reading for families at Next Door.

Thank you for supporting early literacy programming at Next Door!