Year-round · ages 0–5
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Read 1,000 books with your child before school starts. Ten log sheets of 100, a sticker at every hundred, a certificate at the end — the program most families ask for by name.
What's in the kit
Reading log1000 Books sheets — 10 stylesHungry Caterpillar, Rocket to the Moon, Treasure Map and more — ten sheets of 100 to colour, EN + ES. The caterpillar is the one in the bundle.Open & customizeCertificate1000 Books certificateRainbow Bookshelf style — for the finish, and print it at 500 too.Open & customize
Download the whole kit
Every piece above with our defaults, in one PDF — staff sheet first. Add your dates so they print on every page.
Staff sheet
Running 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
- Enroll at storytime and card sign-up: hand the family sheet 1 and explain that re-reads count.
- Every 100 books: the family brings the sheet in, gets a sticker (or stamps a chart on the wall), and takes the next sheet.
- Keep a simple roster — name, start date, sheets completed — so you can report enrollment and finishers.
- At 500 and 1,000: a certificate, a photo if the family wants one, and (at 1,000) a book to keep.
Prize tiers
- Every 100: a sticker. That is enough — the sheet is the reward.
- 500: a certificate and a small book.
- 1,000: a certificate, a book to keep, and the child's name on the wall or in the newsletter.
Tips from libraries that run it
- Say 'read WITH your child' — parents reading aloud is the whole program.
- Board books and the same bedtime story ten nights running all count. Families need to hear that.
- Offer the Spanish sheet by default in bilingual communities.
1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a program of the 1000 Books Foundation, a 501(c)(3) — 1000booksbeforekindergarten.org. Libraries run it freely; this kit is our printable for it, not an official product.
Every piece can be customized and saved with a link patrons print from. All kits · Want a piece we don’t have? Contact David.