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Grow Newsletter

Grow - for families and children

Subscribe to the Grow newsletter. You’ll receive the latest information on our programs and services for children of all ages.

An adult and two children sitting on a couch with an opened book. The KFPL logo is behind. Text is overalyed on the image: "1000 Books Before Kindergarten. Read it and Reap!"

1000 Books Before Kindergarten (1BBK) is a free literacy program for newborns, babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. The goal? Read 1000 books with your little one before they start Kindergarten. Get started now!

Every Child Ready to Read

Every Child Ready to Read

Before children can learn to read, they must develop a range of early literacy skills. Learning begins the moment they are born, through language and play. Find out about the five simple practices that will help you raise a reader.

Register on Beanstack for the Truth and Reconciliation Reading Challenge.

StoryWalk

StoryWalk® with Us!

Read the picture book The Cow Who Climbed a Tree while enjoying the outdoors! Pages from the book will be on display along a trail so you can read as you walk.  Participate in related activities and learn something new! Join us at Lake Ontario Park on Friday, July 26, or at the Bon Echo Art Exhibition & Sale (Cloyne) on Saturday, July 27. 

baby and me

Sing, Talk, Read, Write & Play

Stories, songs, rhymes and tickles for newborns and pre-walkers. Parents and caregivers will learn, and practise, fun and simple ways to incorporate early literacy skills in the home. For newborns and pre-walking babies.