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1000 Books Before Kindergarten

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The concept is simple, the rewards are priceless. Read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, and/or toddler. The goal is to have read 1,000 books (yes you can repeat books) before your precious one starts kindergarten. Does it sound hard? Not really if you think about it. If you read just 1 book a night, you will have read about 365 books in a year. That is 730 books in two years and 1,095 books in three years. If you consider that most children start kindergarten at around 5 years of age, you have more time than you think (so get started).

A colorful flyer for the "1000 Books Before Kindergarten" reading challenge, advocating reading to children aged 0-5 to promote early literacy.

Once you've signed up, your child will earn prizes along the way. Stop in at the library to pick up a prize at the 100, 250, 500, 750, and 1000 book milestones.