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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library delivers over 332 million books to children

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a program founded by the late country music star, has distributed over 332 million books to children under five across the United States, Canada, the U.K., Australia, and Ireland. The initiative aims to foster early literacy by providing a free, age-appropriate book each month to enrolled children from birth to age five. The program, which began in Parton's hometown of Sevier County, Tennessee, in 1995, was inspired by her father's illiteracy and her own love of reading, with the goal of preparing children for kindergarten and encouraging a lifelong passion for books. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Alex H. Poole, The Conversation ·

    Dolly Parton’s book program reaches 1 in 7 U.S. kids under 5. How much longer?

    Funding challenges have arisen in at least four states, and Parton's foundation now carries the program.

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