1000 Books Before Kindergarten

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7 participants (60 books)

01 Jan 2024—31 Dec 2029

Overview

For Ages 0 - 5
Studies show that families who read aloud to their children from birth help strengthen language skills and build vocabulary — two essential tools for when children begin learning to read. Reading together is also an excellent bonding opportunity. You will create lifelong memories as you help your child build early literacy skills.
If you read just one book a night, you will reach more than 1,000 books after three years. And through the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program, you can win prizes along the way!

HOW IT WORKS:
Keep Track
You can track of the books you read in a printed reading log booklet:
  • Pick up a free reading log booklet at our Hidden Springs, Lake Hazel, Star, or Victory locations.
  • Read any book to your newborn, infant, or toddler! For every book read, color or check off the picture of the book in your reading log.
  • Don't forget to count the books others read to your child — including siblings, teachers, and other family members! Stories read to your child at daycare/preschool, at library Storytime's, or at a grandparent's house count too! And remember, if you read the same book over and over again, it counts each time!

Earn Prizes
Making reading part of each day is fun! To help incentivize your reading at home, your child earns a prize after each 100 books that you read!
  • Visit any Ada Community Library location (Hidden Springs, Lake Hazel, Star, or Victory) to receive a special prize for every 100 books you read!
  • Once you reach the 1,000 book reading goal, visit any Ada Community Library location to pick out a free book for your child to keep!
 

Challenge Books

All books added
Night Owls by Jenn Bennett

Night Owls

Jenn Bennett

235 pages • 2015 • 18 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted slow-paced
Hoot, Owl! by Shelby Alinsky

National Geographic Kids

Hoot, Owl!

Shelby Alinsky

24 pages • 7 editions

nonfiction childrens informative lighthearted slow-paced
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor

Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise

Sean Taylor

48 pages • 2014 • 3 editions

fiction childrens adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Hoot Hoot Said the Owl by Gloria Okafor

Hoot Hoot Said the Owl

Gloria Okafor

32 pages • 1 edition

fiction childrens medium-paced
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

333 pages • 2023 • 15 editions

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring medium-paced
Oliver the Curious Owl by Chad Otis

Oliver the Curious Owl

Chad Otis

40 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Hoot Owl Master Of Disguise by Sean Taylor, Sean Taylor

Hoot Owl Master Of Disguise

Sean Taylor, Sean Taylor

48 pages • 2014 • 1 edition

dark lighthearted medium-paced
The Owls Don't Give a Hoot by Timothy Smith

Buck Wilder Adventures

The Owls Don't Give a Hoot

Timothy Smith

80 pages • 1 edition

fiction childrens nature science medium-paced
God Is Always with Me: Psalm 139 by Dandi Daley Mackall

Child's First Bible

God Is Always with Me: Psalm 139

Dandi Daley Mackall

16 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction childrens lighthearted medium-paced
Owls: Our Most Enchanting Bird by Matt Sewell

Owls: Our Most Enchanting Bird

Matt Sewell

128 pages • 2014 • 3 editions

nonfiction art nature adventurous informative lighthearted slow-paced