1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

Did you know that reading to your child is one of the most powerful ways to boost his or her brain power?  The simple and enjoyable act of sharing books helps your child learn pre-reading skills.

Langley Public Library is launching a new program to better serve our 5 and under crowd.  Sail On A Reading Adventure -1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a fun, exciting and free way to start your child on the path to success!  The program encourages you to rad 1000 books to your chold ore he/she enters school.  A goal expers say children need to help them learn to read for themselves.  Any child ages birth to five years can qualify for the program.  Please come by the Library and pick up program materials to start the program.

For more information contact the Library at 918-782-4461.

Books Your Child Should Read Before Kindergarten:
○ Alborough, Jez: Where’s My Teddy?
○ Aranton, John-Ruben M., Jr.: What Treat Can Ruben Eat?
○ Asch, Frank: Happy Birthday, Moon
○ Ballock-Dixon, Saige J.: Chilean Mines
○ Bang, Molly: Ten, Nine, Eight
○ Barrett, Judi: Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
○ Barton, Byron: The Three Bears
○ Bauer, Marion: How Do I Love You?
○ Becker, Bonny: A Visitor for Bear
○ Bergen, Lara: Dora’s Sleepover
○ Bemelmans, Ludwig: Madeline
○ Benton, Jim: The End (Almost!)
○ Blackstone, Stella: Bear’s Busy Family
○ Borghese, Mark: 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
○ Bornstein, Ruth: Little Gorilla
○ Brett, Jan: The Mitten
○ Brown, Marcia: Stone Soup
○ Brown, Margaret Wise: Goodnight Moon
○ Brunhoff, Jean de: The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
○ Burningham, John: Mr. Gumpy’s Outing
○ Burroughs, Caleb: The Moon Sees You & Me
○ Burton, Virginia Lee: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
○ Campbell, Rod: Dear Zoo
○ Cannon, Janell: Stellaluna
○ Capucilli, Alyssa Satin: Biscuit Loves the Library
○ Carle, Eric: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
○ Christelow, Eileen: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
○ Chung, Arree: Ninja!
○ Coffelt, Nancy: Fred Stays with Me
○ Crews, Donald: Freight Train
○ Cronin, Doreen: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type
○ Day, Alexandra: Good Dog, Carl
○ Degen, Bruce: Jamberry
○ Dorros, Arthur: Abuela
○ Eastman, P.D.: Are You My Mother?
○ Ehlert, Lois: Feathers for Lunch
○ Emberley, Ed: Go Away, Big Green Monster!
○ Falconer, Ian: Olivia
○ Feiffer, Jules: Bark, George
○ Flack, Marjorie: Ask Mr. Bear Fleming, Denise: Mama Cat Has Three Kittens
○ Fox, Mem: Where is the Green Sheep?
○ Freeman, Don: Corduroy
○ Gag, Wanda: Millions of Cats
○ Galdone, Paul: The Three Little Pigs
○ Gerstein, Mordicai: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
○ Goble, Paul: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
○ Guarino, Deborah: Is Your Mama a Llama?
○ Henkes, Kevin: Kitten’s First Full Moon
○ Hill, Eric: Where’s Spot
○ Ho, Minfong: Hush!: A Thai Lullaby
○ Hoban, Russell: Bread and Jam for Frances
○ Hoban, Tana: Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in Color
○ Hoffman, Mary: Amazing Grace
○ Holabird, Katherine: Angelina Ballerina
○ Hutchins, Pat: Rosie’s Walk
○ Jenkins, Steve: What do you do with a tail like this?
○ Johnson, Crockett: Harold and the Purple Crayon
○ Juster, Norton: The Hello, Goodbye Window
○ Kasza, Keiko: The Wolf’s Chicken Stew
○ Keats, Ezra Jack: The Snowy Day
○ Kennedy, Jimmy: The Teddy Bears’ Picnic
○ Kent, Jack: The Caterpillar and the Polliwog
○ Kimmel, Eric: Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
○ Kraus, Robert: Whose Mouse are You?
○ Kraus, Ruth: The Carrot Seed
○ Krosoczka, Jarrett: Baghead
○ Landers, Ace: I Am An Ice Cream Truck
○ Leaf, Munro: The Story of Ferdinand
○ Lester, Mike: A is for Salad
○ Lionni, Leo: Little Blue and Little Yellow
○ Lobel, Anita: On Market Street
○ Lobel, Arnold: Frog and Toad Are Friends
○ London, Jonathan: Froggy Gets Dressed
○ Martin, Bill: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
○ Martin, Bill: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
○ Mayer, Mercer: Frog Goes to Dinner
○ McBratney, Sam: Guess How Much I Love You
○ McCloskey, Robert: Make Way for Ducklings
○ McFarland, Lyn: Widget
○ McKissack, Pat: Goin’ Someplace Special
○ McLimans, David: Gone Wild: An Endangered Alphabet
○ McMullan, Kate and Jim: I Stink!
○ McPhail, David: Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore
○ Meddaugh, Susan: Martha Speaks
○ Meltzer, Brad: I am Abraham Lincoln
○ Munari, Bruno: Bruno Munari’s ABC
○ Nelson-Schmidt, Michelle: Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster
○ Noble, Trinka: The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
○ Numeroff, Laura: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
○ O’Connor, Jane: Fancy Nancy
○ Penn, Audrey: The Kissing Hand
○ Pinkney, Sandra: Shades of Black
○ Piper, Watty: The Little Engine that Could
○ Potter, Beatrix: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
○ Rathmann, Peggy: Good Night, Gorilla
○ Reisman, Dave: Cows Can’t Jump
○ Rey, H.A.: Curious George
○ Rohman, Eric: My Friend Rabbit
○ Rosen, Michael: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
○ Rossetti-Shustak, Bernadette: I Love You Through and Through
○ Rylant, Cynthia: The Relatives Came
○ Say, Allen: Grandfather’s Journey
○ Scarry, Richard: Cars and Trucks and Things that Go
○ Seeger, Laura Vaccaro: First the Egg
○ Sendak, Maurice: Where the Wild Things Are
○ Seuss, Dr.: Green Eggs and Ham
○ Seuss, Dr.: The Cat in the Hat
○ Shannon, David: Duck on a Bike
○ Shaw, Charles: It Looked Like Spilt Milk
○ Simmons, Jane: Come Along Daisy
○ Simont, Marc: The Stray Dog
○ Sis, Peter: Fire Truck
○ Slobodkina, Esphyr: Caps for Sale
○ Taback, Simms: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
○ Walter, Virginia: Hi, Pizza Man!
○ Wells, Rosemary: Noisy Nora
○ Westcott, Nadine: The Lady with the Alligator Purse
○ Wiesner, David: The Three Pigs
○ Willems, Mo: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
○ Wong, Janet: Buzz
○ Wood, Audrey: The Napping House
○ Yolen, Jane: How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
○ Yolen, Jane: Owl Moon
○ Young, Ed: Seven Blind Mice
○ Zimmerman, Andrea: Trashy Town
○ Zion, Gene: Harry, The Dirty Dog
○ Zschock, Martha Day: Hello, America!