The 2025 program officially launched on January 15 for students grades K-12 to log their daily reading and earn prizes from the Mavs and Whataburger along the way.
As part of the Reading Challenge, the Mavericks have visited schools and libraries across the Metroplex, hosting Reading Timeouts with special guests like the Mavs ManiAACs, D-Town, Crew, and mascots Champ and MavsMan.
Children at the Dallas Public Library’s Hampton-Illinois Branch had an extra surprise last Thursday when Dallas Mavericks guard Jaden Hardy was joined by in-arena host Chris Arnold in reading aloud two books.
“Reading is very important,” Hardy told the audience of kiddos.