Free books for kids from Dolly Parton
We are regular visitors to our local library. A month or so ago, I was a little surprised to see Dolly Parton’s smiling face on a brochure at the children’s desk. After a moment of wondering how Dolly manages to look exactly the same as she did 25 years ago, curiosity got the best of me and I picked up the brochure.
Dolly, bless her soul, has started a program called the Imagination Library. This program partners with local communities to provide free books (1 per month) for any child under the age of 5 who signs up. Here is an excerpt from her website:
Here’s how it works:
A community must make the program accessible to all preschool children in their area. The community pays for the books and mailing, promotes the program, registers the children, and enters the information into the database.
From there The Dollywood Foundation takes over and manages the system to deliver the books to the home.
The books are already selected based on the age of the child – each kid receives 1 free book per month until the age of 5. To see if your community participates, you can check out the affiliates link here.
We filled out the form on our brochure (our community does not allow online registration), and received a confirmation letter. We are still waiting for our first book, but I wanted to share this information now so that others can sign up. Happy reading!
