The ‘1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program’ is free, and encourages early literacy skills by having parents read one thousand books with their children before they start kindergarten.

The Iowa Department of Education will hand out 100,000 book packs — 1 million books in all — to first grade students this ...

Ten kids graduated from the Maryville Public Library’s 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program. Two of the graduates are not ...

Of children going into kindergarten, 37% start without the necessary skills for learning, according to FerstReaders.org.