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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Why participate?

  • Nurture a love of reading and learning
  • Foster curiosity
  • Deepen connection between adult and child
  • Develop early literacy skills
  • Build and expand vocabulary

Who Can Participate?

  • Any child from birth until the start of kindergarten

How Do I Participate?

  1. Register: email the children's librarian: ebohm@mancoslibrary.org
  2. List: parent's name, child's name, child's date of birth
  3. Pick up a program packet at the library
  4. Read together!!
  5. Color in the reading log for every book you've read (all reading counts!)
  6. Complete a reading log page; you and your reader bring the log to the library
  7. Reader receives a prize from the treasure chest and a new reading log. 8. Keep reading!!
Mancos Library's "1,000 Books Before Kindergarten" encourages reading with kids. Steps: register, read, log, and earn prizes.
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