We are asking for your financial support to help the children in our community to become readers. Please make a gift today and be a part of the revolution of reading in the Greater New Haven area. By working together as partners in literacy, we are fostering a better future for our children.
Your donation to New Haven Reads today will help change the course of our students’ lives towards
a future of hope and promise.
New Haven Reads is creating a more equitable community where children can achieve their dreams and lifelong success through the power of reading. And, we need your financial support to do so! Since 2001, New Haven Reads has been building a community of readers thanks to the support of key community members like you! Our program has worked with over 7,500 students and distributed 2.7 million books in just over two decades.
Our programs deliver impressive results. 98% of our students improved their literacy scores and 91% improved their reading comprehension levels in 2023-24. Our individualized reading interventions are based in the science of reading and enable and empower our students to reach their goals.
We are asking for your financial support to help the children in our community to become readers. Please make a gift today and be a part of the revolution of reading in the Greater New Haven area. By working together as partners in literacy, we are fostering a better future for our children.
Your donation to New Haven Reads today will help change the course of our students’ lives towards
a future of hope and promise.
Thank you to everyone who joined us Saturday for the dedication of our mural! It was wonderful to hear Marsh explain her process and share it with our students and guests. Our Bristol Street students created drawings of what they would like to see in the mural and Marsh used them as her inspiration. All of our students were able to take home a new book and art supplies.
In partnership with RiseUp for Arts | Artwork by New Haven Artist Marsh
New Haven Reads is excited to announce the new book delivery program called Book Bridge! This new book delivery program is for first and second grade teachers in Hamden, New Haven, and West Haven.
All students in a participating classroom will receive 2-3 gently used books twice a year, delivered right to your school! Teachers will also receive 2 brand new books for their classroom library with an activity for the class.
To sign up: send your name, school, and the number of students in your class to books@newhavenreads.org.
Note: We only have 4 remaining spots for the 2024-25 school year and spots are filling up fast! Sign up today!
Name: Da’Veona Parker
Hometown: New Haven, CT
College and Major: Albertus Magnus College; Psychology in Counseling and Mental Health with a concentration in Criminal Justice
Clubs: Arts and Crafts Club, Elephant and Piggie Club
Favorite Childhood Book: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
I was looking for an internship my Sophomore year of college. While looking I knew that I wanted my first internship to be impactful not only for myself but for those that I am working for and with. I knew I wanted to be involved as much as possible and very hands on, so when I came across the opportunity to be a part of New Haven Reads I was more than happy to accept. So after the interview New Haven Reads had all of these qualities and with hopes of being offered the position I felt like this is the place that I needed to be. I was very excited especially since I knew that working with kids is something that I hope to continue to do in the future.
From my first day at my Willow Street internship site, I was thrilled to be a part of the experience. From being able to help different kids from different backgrounds. To learn how to approach them throughout the weeks of the internship; such as writing, reading, and spelling. While having so much fun being creative running the Arts and Crafts Club. As well as the Elephant and Piggie Club to teach them about life lessons that they are going to take with them. Seeing smiles on their faces as I am teaching and tutoring them they have never learned before. I also loved seeing how they are able to express themselves in different games that we will play at the end of the hour each day.
Each tutoring session taught me that every kid comes with their own style of learning. From the start of my internship, I knew being flexible and adapting to different situations was something that I will be stronger at. Every time I enter a new session I am always very open minded to what the kids would want to do but never lose sight of the goal of the program. Which is to help them keep their skills strong while summer is occurring. I have enjoyed the weeks that I have been here and I am more than happy to continue this internship for the rest of my time at New Haven Reads.
I am very grateful for the opportunity to work at New Haven Reads this summer. It has given me so much insight on what I can expect in future careers working with kids. This is my first experience as an intern, and I am sure that it is one I will forever mention. I have met many people who have taught me wonderful things and made my working environment one of the best I’ve ever experienced. I can’t wait to finish the summer and learn many more things while also being a good role model for the kids that love it here as well.
Read all about the end of our summer and back to school below!
Back to School 2024
New Haven Reads once again participated in the Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade! This year marked the 57th year this parade was held in New Haven. New Haven Reads helped to kick off summer reading by handing out almost 1,000 books to children lining Dixwell Avenue on Sunday. It is one of our favorite days of the year and we are already looking forward to 2025!
To read more about the parade from the Arts Council of Greater New Haven click here.
In 2023, New Haven Reads was chosen as the Lead Literacy organization as part of the Mayor’s Tutoring Initiative (NHTI). The NHTI mission is to empower every student to reach their full potential in reading and math. In this citywide effort, New Haven Reads supports 10 afterschool organizations to help them learn a version of our tutoring program that they may teach their own students. Literacy Instructors visit and support all of these partners as they implement these programs. The NHTI now reaches over 600 students every week! The organizations using the literacy tutoring model based on NHR are LEAP, Boys and Girls Club, IRIS, Inspired Communities, Upon This Rock, and NHR. Four programs participate in the infusion model which is an adapted group learning model; Auntie Rose Day Care and Preschool, Solar Youth, and CPEN!
To learn more about NHTI click here.
Monday: 1pm-7pm
Tuesday: 1pm-7pm
Wednesday: 1pm-7pm
Thursday: 12pm-6pm
Friday: 12pm-6pm
Saturday: 10am-2pm
Please call to confirm that these hours are accurate. Hours are subject to change when we are on break. All break hours are posted in the scrolling header here on our website, as well as our social media.
45 Bristol Street
New Haven CT 06511
203.752.1923
EIN 760807330
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Founded to share the joy and power of reading, New Haven Reads partners with the community to provide free one-on-one tutoring, educational family support, and a book bank to empower aspiring readers to master the literacy skills needed to thrive in school and life.
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