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1,000 Books

Read 1000 Books!

Our library has a new program that encourages families to read 1,000 books with their children before they enter kindergarten.

Earn a prize for every 100 books read!

Parents: You can create an account for yourself first and then you can add additional accounts for each of your children. That way you will have the ability to easily monitor your child's activity without having to login as each child.

Great Reading Challenge 2025

Welcome to the 2025 Great Reading Challenge for adults 18+. CHOOSE your challenge!!

CHOOSE your book, read it, log it, and earn 1 point.

CHOOSE which missions/challenges to complete from the mission list and when to complete them. Earn 1 point/mission. Each mission can only be completed only once during the 2025 year.

CHOOSE the time frame(s) you want to participate: all year, one or more quarters. A prize winner will be drawn at the end of each quarter.

CHOOSE your goal level of points to earn: Bronze (18-29 points), Silver (30-49 points), Gold (50-79 pts.), Platinum (80-99 pts.), or Diamond (100+ pts.). For each level you achieve, you will earn a ticket to enter the drawings at the End-of-the-Challenge Party in January of 2026!!

Level Up At Your Library
Jun 01, 2025 - Jul 26, 2025

This program is designed for readers of all ages to encourage life-long reading habits. Once you've earned enough points you'll receive a completion certificate you can print and share!

How does 1000 Books work?

· Register Online Here – Parents you can create an account first to easily monitor your children's activity.

· Track Your Reading – Log every book you read with your child here!

· Keep Reading! – Prepare your child for kindergarten by reaching 1,000 books before they enter kindergarten.

Put reading first, with 20 minutes a day spent reading to your children.
Make it fun and exciting. Be imaginative.

If you read just 1 book a day, you will have read about 365 books in a year. That is 730 books in two years, and 1,095 books in just three years!

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Purple Little Bird

by Greg Foley

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Good

Saving Noah

by Lucinda Berry

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Very interesting book. Lots of triggers and hard to understand the mom’s point of view at times.

Love, Splat

by Rob Scotton

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Good

The Last Jew Of Rotterdam

by Ernest Cassutto

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I read it in 3 days(1 hr each day at work, while kids napped) it was very good! I loved how it was all based on a true story and goes much in detail they went with how it really was.

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

by Simms Taback

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