1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

The Bayport-Blue Point Public Library’s Children’s Department would like to invite you to participate in this free reading program. The concept is simple. Read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, or toddler and keep track of how many you read. The goal is simply to have read 1,000 books before your child starts kindergarten.

Is it possible to read 1,000 books that quickly? Absolutely! 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!

The library will facilitate the program by helping you to keep track of how many books you have read and by handing out prizes as you reach different milestones in the program.

Join us on October 22 at 10:30am for our kick-off program* :

“Mr. Mouse Saves the Princess”

The dragon is stealing the stars from the sky! Can Mr. Mouse get them back?

(Registration required)

Sign ups for the 1,000 Books program will be ongoing throughout the year. All children up to the age of 5 years are encouraged to participate.

*You DO NOT have to attend the kick-off in order to participate in this program. Please call or visit the Children’s Reference Desk for more information.

Bayport-Blue Point Public Library

203 Blue Point Ave.

Blue Point, NY 11715

631-363-6133

bayportbluepointlibrary.org