From “The Little Engine That Could” through “Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come,” the Dolly Parton Imagination Library has ...

In the five years since the beginning of Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Ohio, 4,473 Marion County children have received books in the mail at no cost to their families. “We want to thank the ...

Mary Baskett, co-leader of Longmont organization Born to Read, believes all children should have the opportunity to fall in love with reading before they turn 5. “We want all kids to be reading, and ...

In Fresno County, at least 60% of third graders are struggling to read at grade level. Educators say many grew up without books in the home, but a program ...

Dolly Parton‘s Imagination Library program is facing some funding turbulence in the state of Kentucky. Local chapters in the state have used Parton’s popular early childhood reading program for a ...

Dolly Parton celebrates her 80th birthday Jan. 19, 2026. Her Imagination Library program launched in 1995 in Sevier County as a tribute to her dad, Robert Lee Parton. Imagination Library delivers free ...

Oregon’s version of Imagination Library, an initiative launched by superstar Dolly Parton to send a free book each month to babies and preschoolers, recently mailed its 4 millionth book to an Oregon ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — What started as an idea, turned into the birth of innovation, community and inspiration. Thirty years ago, Dolly Parton started her Imagination Library in Sevier County with a dream ...

According to a review by Senate budget staff, the Legislature authorized $68.2 million to build a statewide Imagination Library and the California State Library responded by creating a nonprofit, the ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — The Imagination Library of Oregon has achieved a significant milestone by partnering with the Lower Umpqua Library and the Reedsport Rotary Foundation in Douglas County. This ...

The Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Ohio has gifted books to over 4,000 children in Marion County over the last five years. Seventy percent of eligible Marion County children are enrolled in the ...