Dolly Parton Books For Babies

Dolly parton s imagination library united states a free book gifting program.

Dolly parton books for babies.

The bug book peace is an offering the tale of peter rabbit pretend the first strawberries violet the pilot jake at gymnastics plenty of love to go around last stop on market street. First books were only distributed to children living in sevier county tennessee where dolly grew up. Dolly parton s imagination library is a book gifting program that mails a free book every month to children from birth to age five. Dolly s vision was to foster a love of reading among her county s preschool children and their families.

Since 2001 dolly parton s imagination library has put free books in the hands of young children across the nation. Dolly parton s imagination library is a book gifting program that gifts free books to children from birth to age five in participating communities within the united states united kingdom canada australia and republic of ireland. The little engine that could look out kindergarten here i come. In 1995 dolly parton launched an exciting new effort dolly parton s imagination library to benefit the children of her home county in east tennessee usa.

Children enrolled receive a new age appropriate hard cover book sent to. Group 1 children born in 2020. Dolly parton childrens books coat of many colors. After launching in 1995 the program grew quickly.

Dolly parton s imagination library is a book gifting program that mails free high quality books to children from birth until they begin school no matter their family s income. Inspired by her own father s inability to read or write she determined that there had to be a way to help children fall in love with books. The dollywood foundation 501 c 3 nonprofit organization. In 1995 dolly launched her imagination library in sevier county tn where she was born and raised.

If you live within the geographic area of the garland and montgomery counties you can receive free books mailed to your home each month. The total number of free books gifted as of february 2020 is 133 899 247. We now have an imagination library in our community. In february dolly parton s imagination library gifted over 1 501 592 books.