Fossil Ridge Public Library wants you and your child to take the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten reading challenge!

The challenge is simple: Read 1000 books with your child before he or she finishes kindergarten. Sound challenging? It really isn’t! If you read just one book a day to your child, you will read over 1000 books within three years. Up that count to three books a day, and you will complete the challenge within one year!

Every book counts, including those read by Ms. Sarah in Storytime, daycare providers, Grandma and Grandpa, and even that Green Eggs and Ham book you’ve read thirty times in the last two weeks. It still counts as thirty books!

Come to the library to pick up your 1000 Books before Kindergarten welcome bag and get started on a journey to bring you and your child closer and give your child a step towards reading success! Welcome bags are available just outside of the Children’s Department office.

Free Lunch for our Youth

Fossil Ridge Public Library has partnered with the Illinois Food Bank to bring lunch to kids, Grades K-12, for the summer. Individual meals will be delivered every Tuesday and Thursday and will be served from 11:30am-12:30pm. Registration for each day is required.

The program will run from Tuesday June 11th-August 8th.

Children's links & resources

Sarah Hopf, Children’s Services Librarian shopf@fossilridge.org

Great Web Sites for Kids

50 States

Rebecca Caudill Award

Monarch Illinois K-3 Book Award

Bluestem Illinois Middle Grades Book Award

Lexile Framework

PBS Kids

Nickelodeon Games

Accelerated Reader Bookfinder

Pottermore

Power My Learning

Ele: The Fred Rogers Center Early Learning Environment