Start your child’s exciting 1000 Books journey today!

Ask about your first log sheet at either of our library branches to begin reading and growing together. 1000 Books Before Kindergarten® (1KBBK) is a nationwide program that encourages caregivers to read to their child early and often to promote brain development and school readiness. Spending a few minutes a day reading to a child helps develop a wider vocabulary, teaches them how to use a book, promotes a lifelong love of reading, and so much more!

How 1KBBK Works

Each time your child is read a book, either by you or another caregiver, you and your child can color in a space on the reading log. After finishing your first log sheet (50 books), you’ll receive a “starter pack” bag that includes a folder with more information inside, a magnet, a box of crayons, and the next log sheet. Every 50 books, you can return your child’s log sheet and they’ll get to pick out a sticker. For finishing 1000 books, your child will get to choose a book to take home and keep!

For More Information

• Visit the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program site for more information about the program’s misson.
• Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child includes science-based approaches to supporting children through all stages.
• Zero to Three focuses on the critical need for close personal connections and development in young children.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten® is a registered trademark of the 1000 Books Foundation, used with permission.

Sign up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library today!

Central Virginia Regional Library is now an affiliate of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library! This means that you can sign up for the Imagination Library to mail a FREE book every month to your child until their 5th birthday! Here’s how you can sign up:

1. Go to imaginationlibrary.com and select “Check Availability.”
2. Enter your address information, then select “Check.”
3. If you are eligible to sign up through our affiliates, you will see a message that Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is available. Press “Continue” to complete the registration process.
4. Please note: We are only able to provide the Imagination Library to children who live in Buckingham County, Prince Edward County, or the Town of Farmville.

If you live in Buckingham County, use this link to sign up.

If you live in Prince Edward County or the Town of Farmville, use this link to sign up.

About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent early
childhood book gifting program in the world. The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation
has mailed well over 100 million free books in Australia, Canada, The Republic of Ireland, United
Kingdom and the United States. The Imagination Library mails more than 1.4 million high-quality,
age-appropriate books each month to registered children from birth to age five. Dolly envisioned
creating a lifelong love of reading, inspiring them to dream. The impact of the program has been
widely researched and results suggest positive increases in key early childhood literacy metrics.
Penguin Random House is the exclusive publisher for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

For more information, please visit imaginationlibrary.com.

Baby Time

• This program offers fun and bonding for babies (birth-24 months) with a parent or other adult!
• Adults will practice ways to interact with babies to support talking and pre-reading skills. Everyone will have fun bouncing, reading, and cuddling during this half hour program in the library’s children’s room.
• Each week, we’ll practice songs and rhymes to develop language skills and sense of rhythm. We will share a board book together and have a brief play time (for babies) and social time (for adults).
• This program is currently offered at the Buckingham and Farmville libraries. Visit our events calendar to see more details.

Story Time

• Caregivers with children ages 2 1/5 – 5 years old are invited to share books, rhymes and activities each week! This program provides a great opportunity for preschool children to socialize with other children their age and develop skills to prepare for school.
• Early literacy information will be available to take home. These tips will help caregivers share books and daily activities with children in ways that help them strengthen skills that help them get ready to learn to read.
• This program is currently offered at the Buckingham and Farmville libraries. Visit our events calendar to see more details.

Check the events calendar for all our kids programs.

Visit our events calendar to see all of our kids programs.

Youth Book Club (Farmville library)

• Kids between ages 9 – 12 years old can sign up for our monthly book club!
• Each month we will discuss the book, have a snack, and socialize.
• Thanks to support from the Friends of the Barbara Rose Johns Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library, kids will receive a brand-new copy of the book club title that they get to keep.