If you want to build your child’s love of reading and learning I have the perfect tip! Building an at home library can be expensive! Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is built to inspire of love of reading in children by gifting them age appropriate books every month for completely free! Keep reading to learn more and sign up!
What is Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library?
The Imagination library was started in 1995 by Dolly Parton and has since gifted over 167 Million books to children. Dolly started the program in her home town in Tennessee. It’s expanded to include programs in over 2000 communities throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The mission of the program is to foster a love of learning in children. They aim to make the experience of reading fun and meaningful. After you sign up your child will receive a new high quality book in the mail each month from birth to age five. That’s a total of 60 books over five years!!
How It Works: Sign Up For Free Books
The first step to signing up is to find out if the program is available in your area. Visit the check availability page, choose your country and enter your zip code. If the program is available in your area go through the rest of the steps, entering your address and personal information. If you don’t want to register online you can choose to register by mail or visit your local partner. After you register, you’ll begin receiving free books each month. Your child will be so excited each month when a new book arrives with their name on it!
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Books
The books you receive are beautiful. They include classic and new titles. They support childrens imagination, promote regard for diversity of people, their roles, culture, and environment, self-esteem and confidence, and appreciation of art and aesthetics.
Books Included In The Imagination Library Program
- The Little Engine That Could
- Night-Night Forest Friends
- I Love My Daddy Because
- Little Poems for Tiny Ears
- Sassy: Let’s Count
- Llama, Llama Red Pajama
- Good Night, Gorilla
- Little Excavator
- One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count with Me!
- The Ring Bearer
- Sleep Train
- Baking Day at Grandma’s
- Max and the Tag Along Moon
- There’s a Hole In the Log on the Bottom of the Lake
Parent Resources
Bonus!! In addition to the books, you have access to a huge library of parent resources. This includes tips for reading with your kids, videos, coloring sheets and activities that go along with each book.
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