![1000 Books Before Kindergarten 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, small orange fox reading teal book.](/sites/default/files/2021-05/1KBooksB4K_0.png)
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 before your little one starts kindergarten.
Does it sound hard? Not really if you think about it. If you read just one 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!
Upcoming Events
Summer Reading Club Prize Pick Up
Join us inside the library for prize pickup all day.
Summer Reading Club Prize Pick Up
Stop by the loading dock to pick up your summer reading club prizes.
Create, Make & Take
Join us for after-school crafting fun!
Can't make it to the event? Stop by the Shepherd Community Library afterward to pick up a kit version of this month's craft.
Family Storytime @ FJML
Babies to preschoolers will enjoy stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This storytime is for children ages 0 to 5.
Family Storytime @ SCL
Babies to preschoolers will enjoy stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This storytime is for children ages 0 to 5.
Summer Reading Club Prize Pick Up
Join us on the final day of Summer Reading Club to pickup your final prizes.
![1000 Books Wall of Fame 1 Young girl holding "I read 800 books sign."](/sites/default/files/2021-10/1KBBK1.jpg)
![1000 Books Wall of Fame 5 Young boy holding "I read 1000 books sign."](/sites/default/files/2021-10/1KBBK5.jpg)
![1000 Books Wall of Fame 6 Young boy holding "I read 1000 books sign."](/sites/default/files/2021-10/1KBBK6.jpg)
![1000 Books Wall of Fame 4 Two young boys holding "I read 1000 books sign."](/sites/default/files/2021-10/1KBBK4.jpg)
![1000 Books Wall of Fame 3 Young girl holding "I read 1000 books sign."](/sites/default/files/2021-10/1KBBK3.jpg)
![1000 Books Wall of Fame 2 Young boy holding "I read 600 books sign."](/sites/default/files/2021-10/1KBBK2.jpg)