1000 Books Before Kindergarten

Drawing of a parent reading to two small children

Help your child establish strong early literacy skills by reading 1000 books to them.

To participate, download the Beanstack app for your mobile device or go to our Beanstack web page. Sign up and register your child for the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge.

Read a book to your infant, toddler, or preschooler (you can read a book more than once!), then log your reading in Beanstack and earn badges along the way. You can also earn incentives as you go:

  • Receive a special bookbag for signing up 
  • Earn patches for your bookbag at 200, 400, 800, and 1,000 books.
  • At 500 books your child earns a finger-puppet, rubber ducky, or scarf. 
  • At 1,000 books your child earns a paperback book

Incentives can be picked up using our curbside services.

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