New Haven Reads

09/25/2026

Due to the upcoming storm, New Haven Reads will be closed tomorrow. We will see you all next week! Stay safe.

09/25/2026

We are excited to be attending the Pincus Family Foundation partner convention!

09/25/2026

is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 and our friends at Brightly put together a wonderful list of books for young adults to help celebrate.

To celebrate a month of tribute to Hispanic Americans, our friends at NYPL compiled a list of their five favorite young adult books written by Hispanic authors.

09/23/2026

Our Field Trip and Book Bridge programs are about to begin and we want make sure every student will be able to take books home. If you have any gently used or new books you would like to donate, please head to click below to make an appointment.
https://newhavenreads.org/get_involved/book-bank-donations
Want to host a book drive? https://newhavenreads.org/book-drives

09/22/2026

✨Intern Spotlight: Itamar✨
Itamar has been a tutor with NHR since 2024 before joining us this summer as an intern. He is currently a student at Brandeis University. His favorite moment from this summer was seeing his chess club students really improve their game!
Read more about Itamar's summer below.

Name: Itamar Lebowitz Hometown: New Haven, CT College and Major: Brandeis Class of 2030, Undecided Tutoring Site: Science Park Clubs: Escape Room and Puzzles, Chess Favorite Childhood Book: Percy Jackson I first started tutoring at New Haven Reads in the summer of 2024, and have been doing so year-r...

09/19/2026

Rayyan is one of our students at our Bristol Street location. We are excited to share that he finished all of Whole Phonics! We are so proud of all the hard work he has put in at NHR. Keep shining Rayyan!

09/16/2026

Our first Monday back at our Willow Street location was a busy one, filled with lots of reading! We’re so excited to have our tutors and students back. 📚💙🧡

09/11/2026

✨Intern Spotlight: Makayla✨
Meet Makayla. Makayla currently attends Wesleyan University and is studying government and sociology. Of her summer at NHR, Makayla said, “Seeing my scholars engage, learn, and grow showed me why programs like NHR matter.”
Read more about Makayla's summer below.

Name: Makayla Kidd Hometown: Bronx, New York College and Major: Wesleyan University, Government and Sociology Tutoring Site: Science Park Club: Lego and Arts & Crafts club Favorite Childhood book: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney Transitioning from NYC charter schools to NHPS has been vastly diff...

09/10/2026

🚨Attention Teachers!🚨 Field Trips and Book Bridge are back again for the 2026-27 school year!

We're ready to have classes back in the building and support classes that can no longer make it to us. Not sure which program is for you? See the image below for more details!

We hope to see your class this school year!

To sign up for Book Bridge, go to: https://forms.gle/D6YJ611JihL6Ak8c6

To sign up for a Field Trip, go to: https://calendly.com/vsmith-5cg/2026-27-field-trip-sign-up

Not a teacher? Tag a teacher you know in the comments! Help us serve as many classes as possible this school year.
Have any questions? Email [email protected]

Please note that we unfortunately do not have enough books to support classes participating in both programs. Teachers must pick only one program to participate in