JaxKids Book Club provides free books for all Duval County preschoolers that families are able to keep and use at home to build early literacy skills and foster a love of reading. In the pages of these colorful books, children will find familiar landmarks and locations around Jacksonville, while also developing the skills necessary to ensure they become strong readers.
Send us an email at JaxKidsBookClub@coj.net with your questions about the JaxKids Book Club.
A brother and sister move to downtown Jacksonville. Adjusting to life in the city can be tough but they get excited about a trip to the Arboretum.
An active child and puppy need a friend that appreciates their personalities. Exploring friendship and pet adoption.
Celebrate the imaginative power of books! Books come alive as Sherry and Terry walk through the library shelves.
Two girls explore Jacksonville's downtown bridges and see MOSH, Florida Theater, Riverside Arts Market, and the stadium in their travels.
A rhyming alphabet book highlighting Jacksonville landmarks and features.
A guessing book about animals from the Jacksonville Zoo. Can you find them in their habitat?
An adventure story about a cat who sneaks into the Cummer Museum to make art. Exploring color with fun phrases.
A boy goes shopping with his dad to buy ingredients for a new recipe. A counting and color book that makes shopping fun.
Reading with your kids builds language and cognitive capacity. Young children whose parents read to them daily have been exposed to 290,000 more words by the time they enter kindergarten than kids who aren’t read to regularly.
Make reading interactive with our Read, Sing, and Explore activities in the back of each book. Parents and teachers who engage little ones before, during, and after reading improve language and literacy skills.
Having books in the home improves academic, economic and health outcomes. The more books the better, and we are happy to give four-year-olds in Duval County eight amazing books to grow their home library.
The JaxKids Book Club would like to thank the following corporations who have shown that literacy and putting children first is a priority for Jacksonville. Become a sponsor of the JaxKids Book Club! Please contact the Library Foundation of Jacksonville for information.
The Library Foundation of Jacksonville provides financial support for programs & services not funded by taxpayer dollars.
