Books from birth governors early literacy foundation. Dolly parton s imagination library is a program that mails out children a free book each month from birth up until 5 years old. Wjhl in an announcement on social media monday, dolly parton said she would begin reading books from her imagination library starting april 2. Dolly parton celebrates donating 100 million books and.
Dolly parton to read bedtime stories, ut film premiere. Check availability dolly partons imagination library. Penguin to publish coat of many colors by dolly parton. Great ideas and unselfish dreams always have wings to fly, and such is the case with dolly s imagination library. Dolly partons imagination library is a book gifting program that mails free, highquality books to children from birth until they begin school, no matter their familys income. As the covid19 lockdown has millions staying at home, country music legend dolly parton will help kids get ready to sleep by reading them a childrens book online at bedtime. Dolly parton launches goodnight with dolly reading program. She started performing at an early age, singing on local radio and television. Dolly parton s imagination library is a book gifting program that mails free books. Find my program usa dolly partons imagination library. For the next 10 weeks, goodnight with dolly will feature parton reading books that have been specifically chosen for. Is there anything more uplifting than dolly parton reading childrens books. The program mails a new, free, ageappropriate book to registered children each month until they turn five years old.
American treasure dolly parton wants to read you to sleep from her tennessee mountain home. In this series, dolly reads select imagination library books, all carefull. Dolly parton dedicates her imagination librarys 100. Penguin young readers will publish dolly parton s childrens book coat of many colors with allnew illustrations by brooke boyntonhughes. After graduating high school, she moved to nashville to pursue her singing dreams. Since 1995 country singer dolly parton has been on a mission to deliver the gift of reading to children. Inspired by her fathers inability to read or write, dolly created her imagination library, a book gifting program designed to foster a love of reading in children. 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. The 10week program called goodnight with dolly will feature parton reading childrens books every week. Dolly parton s imagination library is a book gifting program that mails free books to. These are highquality books that are chosen by experts in the education and writing field and are based on the childs age.
Dolly parton will read bedtime stories to kids online. Dolly s vision was to foster a love of reading among her countys preschool children and their families by providing them with the gift of a specially selected book each month. Imagination library has gifted over 2 million free books as of january. Parton started the program in tennessee in 1995, and took it to the national.
Dollywoods dreammore resort is your smoky mountain home away from home filled with family experiences worth sharing together. How dolly partons imagination library works back in 1995, parton launched a monthly book giveaway in her hometown of sevier county, tennessee. It spread from one county to the entire state of tennessee. The country music icon is known around the world as the book lady, and her imagination. The readings join another big contribution parton made this week. Dolly parton announced she is bringing bedtime reading to every child in america. Dolly parton, singersongwriter and founder of dolly parton s imagination library, will be joined by librarian of congress carla hayden for a presentation of the imagination librarys 100. Dolly parton to start reading books from imagination. Goodnight with dolly is a 10week special series of weekly videos featuring dolly parton reading select books from. The library that dolly built, a university of tennessee, knoxville, studentdriven film and documentary about dolly parton s imagination library, will premiere april 2 in new york city and be screened in theaters across the nation associate professor of journalism and electronic media nick geidner is the. Dolly parton reads the little engine that could in the first video of her new readaloud series, goodnight with dolly. Dolly parton brings free book program to southern indiana. Her literacy program, dolly partons imagination library, a part of the dollywood foundation, mails one book per month to each enrolled child from the time of their birth until they enter kindergarten.
Dolly partons imagination library is a program that mails out children a free book each month from birth up until 5 years old. First books were only distributed to children living in sevier county, tennessee where dolly. Dolly parton launches kids bedtime story youtube series. The program has seen phenomenal success and has grown to over 72 million free books delivered throughout 4. Dolly, who turned 71 on january 19, initially launched the program in her home county in east tennessee, but soon expanded it to any community willing to partner with her.
Dolly parton will be reading books to viewers from her. It will be used to make sure the program is getting results for families. Documentary about dolly parton, reading program to air. A program aimed at helping children foster a love for reading at an early age is now available in clark county. The project is a response to the delayed premiere of the library that dolly built, the university of tennessee, knoxville, studentdriven documentary about partons imagination library. Parton s imagination library began in her backyard of sevier county, tennessee with a. Country singer and international treasure dolly parton has launched goodnight with dolly, her new youtube series in which parton reads a childrens book every night starting on april 2. Northern kentuckys dolly parton imagination library.
The imagination library is a free childrens book gifting program started by dolly parton in 1995. Dolly parton will read childrens books on a video stream once a week, drawing titles from her imagination library. The imagination library was formed to honor her father, who couldnt read. How to get free books for your kids from dolly partons. You might have seen dolly parton s imagination library in the news in 2018 when the program donated its 100,000,000th book. Inspired by dolly parton s warm childhood memories growing up in the great smoky mountains. The goal was to foster a love of reading in all preschool children. The program which began in sevier county tennessee has now mailed more than 78 million free books to children. First books were only distributed to children living in sevier county, tennessee where dolly grew up. A free book gifting program 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. Wjhlwate in an announcement on social media monday, dolly parton said she would begin reading books from her imagination library starting april 2.
The program initially started out in sevier county, tennessee, where parton grew up, but now sends millions of books every year to children in the united states, canada, the united kingdom. Tennessee kids get free books each month from birth to age. A look inside dolly partons imagination library book riot. Dolly partons imagination library, united states a free book gifting program. Dolly partons imagination library will send your child a. Use the following map or menu to find dolly parton s imagination library affiliates in your area. Little dolly grew up in tennessee in a family as poor as dirt. Dolly parton film by ut students and alumni to debut. It is based at her dollywood theme park near pigeon forge, tennessee. Get free books for kids from dolly partons imagination. Dolly parton s imagination library is a book gifting program that mails free, highquality books to children from birth until they begin school, no matter their familys income. In 1995, parton started sending free books to children sevier county, tennessee, where she was born and raised. Dolly parton reading childrens books during covid19 pandemic. The april 2 premiere has been delayed until the week of september 21, 2020.
Find my program usa find dolly parton s imagination library affiliates in the usa. She will be reading each thursday evening beginning on april 2 at 7 p. Dolly parton will read childrens books on youtube to. Theyre often service journalism pieces letting area residents know that local kids can now benefit from dolly parton s imagination library, the program that sends free books to children from birth to age five. Dolly partons imagination library literacy council of. Dollys vision was to foster a love of reading among her countys preschool children and their families by providing them with the gift of a specially selected book each month. Initially, dolly parton distributed free kids books to children birth through age 5 who lived in her county sevier county, tennessee. In 1995, dolly parton launched an exciting new effort to benefit the children of her home county in east tennessee. Circle of love, the partons, a family of humble means living in the mountains of tennessee, face a. Goodnight with dolly comes as part of parton s international book gifting program, the imagination library, which ships free childrens books to kids up to five years of age around the globe. I first heard about this program when i saw dolly parton being interviewed about her imagination library a book distribution program that she started in 1996. Following the publication of the book, nbc will air the sequel to last years hit television movie dolly parton s coat of many colors. Dolly partons imagination library usa, uk, ie, ca, au. Dollys vision was to foster a love of reading among her countys preschool children and their families.
In 1995, dolly parton launched an exciting new effort, dolly partons imagination library, to benefit the children of her home county in east tennessee, usa. Great ideas and unselfish dreams always have wings to fly, and such is the case with dollys imagination library. Photo by the mountain press, sevierville, tn aph and the dollywood foundation have an exciting partnership that expands dolly parton s imagination library dpil program to provide young children who are blind and visually impaired with accessible books in printbraille and audio formats. Dolly parton will read select childrens books from her imagination library. Back in 1995, parton launched a monthly book giveaway in her hometown of sevier county, tennessee. Registration dolly partons imagination library smart. What started in 1995 as a program in her hometown of sevier county, tn, dolly partons imagination library now spans five countries and mails over 1. Imagination library is a free book gifting program that mails highquality, ageappropriate.
The program kicks off on thursday, april 2 at 7 pm edt and will be. Check availability of dolly parton s imagination library in your area and register your child online or by mail. Smart start and dolly partons imagination library are working to grow imagination library into new areas. The public got a sneak peek wednesday morning on nbcs today show of the new university of tennessee student documentary about dolly parton and her imagination library.
Founded in 1995, dolly parton s imagination library has been mailing free books to preschoolaged children every month for over 20 years, according to the organization. Dolly parton s imagination library, pigeon forge, tennessee. The program sent free books to children from birth to age five and helped inspire a love of reading in the lives of the children in the mountains of her youth. First books were only distributed to children living in sevier county, tennessee. The series, goodnight with dolly, will air once a week beginning april 2.
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