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1,000 Books [PreK]

This program encourages families to read 1,000 books with their children before they enter kindergarten.

Teen 2025 Level Up at Hamden Library

Participate in the challenge from June 16–August 16 by reading, visiting the library, attending events, and completing side quests on your Level Up Bingo Card. Log everything in ReadSquared and earn prizes. Check out books at any HPL location, or online using Hoopla, Libby, or the Palace apps. Remember – all reading counts! Be sure to track everything you read, from regular books to Webtoons, audiobooks and more.

Kids Level Up at Your Library

This program is designed for kids in kindergarten through grade 6 to encourage life-long reading.

Participate in the challenge from June 16–August 16 by reading, visiting the library, attending events, and completing side quests on your Level Up Bingo Card.

Remember – all reading counts!

Adult Level Up at Your Library

Summer reading for adults is back, running from June 16 - August 16. Earn prizes by logging reading days and earn extra raffle tickets by completing side quests on the bingo board.

And remember, all reading counts!

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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I Need A Lunchbox

by Pat Cummins

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Good story! I feel like that sometimes

Green Eggs And Ham

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by Priddy Books

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A Kids Book About Racism

by Jelani Memory

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Really great for a conversation and easy understanding of the concept

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by Charlotte Doyle

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A fun rhyming abc book

Hot Day On Abbott Avenue

by Karen English

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Perfect for our hot day! Great collage pictures and good story.

Goodnight Gorilla

by Peggy Rathmann Books

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Our favorite!! So good!! Lots of pictures to tell the story ourselves

Trashy Town Book

by Andrea Zimmerman

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Our favorite!!

Tacky The Penguin Book

by Helen Lester

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An old favorite!!

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