1000 Books Before Kindergarten

Put your child on the path to success by signing them up for the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenge. Reading aloud to your child helps them develop essential pre-reading skills and helps raise a lifelong reader. The program is open to any child from birth – age 5 with a Batavia Library card or who resides within our library district. 

The goal is to read 1,000 Books to your child before they start Kindergarten. Books may be from anywhere and may be read once or multiple times. Children receive a sticker for each 100 books read and prizes for milestones reached along the way. See our Youth Services staff for more details and to sign up.