By Rachal Messersmith
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that aims to improve childhood literacy rates by providing free books to children from birth to age five. The American singer-songwriter and philanthropist Dolly Parton founded the program in 1995 in her home state of Tennessee.
The program partners with local organizations, like Four Rivers Healthy Community. Once a child is enrolled, they will receive a new age-appropriate book in the mail every month until they turn five years old. The books are carefully selected by a team of early childhood education experts and are designed to help children develop a love of reading and improve their literacy skills.
While our children receive these books for free, it costs $2.10 per child per month. The local non-profit is responsible for covering these costs and would welcome any donations to provide our children with the tools they need to improve their skills.
It costs around $25/year for our children to receive 12 books yearly.
You can donate here if you would like to help provide a local child with their annual books. (Please ensure the affiliate code is Washington County or the county you wish to support.)
If you want to sign up your young child to receive these books until age five, click here.
