Reading Programs
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Help your child prepare for one of life’s biggest milestones: KINDERGARTEN. The goal is to read 1,000 books (yes, you can repeat books) before your little one starts kindergarten.
Reading Together 2022
The Parchment Community Library is a partner organization with the Kalamazoo Public Library’s Reading Together program. This year’s Reading Together selection is The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui.
Great Michigan Read
The featured book for the Michigan Humanities Great Michigan Read 2021-22 is “The Women of the Copper Country” by Mary Doria Russell.
Summer Reading
Check your reading log to find out how to earn a ticket for the Grand Prize Drawing for your age group! Your reading log will also tell you how to earn incentive prizes along the way.
Winter Reading
Read between January 5 and February 25 and you could win prizes! Click below to learn how you can participate.