Stratford children complete ‘1,000 Books Before Kindergarten’ challenge

Payten Stonecipher, 3, (right) and Cord Lofton, 5, (left) recently completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge through Stratford’s Chandler-Watts Memorial Library. The program is part of a nationwide initiative by the 1,000 Books Foundation to help parents prepare their children for one of life’s biggest milestones: kindergarten. The program promotes reading to newborns, infants, toddl…