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1000 Books Before Kindergarten

Build early-literacy skills one book at a time.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten helps prepare your child for school by building early-literacy skills through reading together — and it’s easier than it sounds. Reading just three books a day reaches 1,095 books in a year. Register at any LCLS member library for a welcome packet and your first reading log, record the books you read together (repeats and storytime books count, in any language), and bring each completed 100-book log back to swap for the next one.

Where + how

  • Open to any child from birth until kindergarten
  • Register at any LCLS member library
  • Reading logs available in branch and online
  • Storytime and repeated books count toward the goal