The Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library started a new program this year. “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” is a program designed to encourage exposing children to reading and books prior to kindergarten. The program has 21 kids enrolled, and they have collectively read 1388 books so far this year. Amanda Raiche is the Youth Services Librarian at the Vermillion Public Library and organizes the programming for newborns through teenagers, like the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program. “Its source is the 1000 Books Foundation, but they created the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program, and really what it is, is a free program that any library can use,” Raiche said. “They have a lot of different resources and ideas for how you can run it, but it really is up to every library to create the program how they see fit.”