Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

HOW IT WORKS:

• Enroll your child HERE!
• In 6-8 weeks, your child will receive their first book in the mail - 'The Little Engine That Could'.
• Books arrive in the mail monthly until your child's 5th birthday.

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About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent early childhood book-gifting program in the world.  The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has gifted well over 182 million free books in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and The Republic of Ireland.  The Imagination Library mails more than 2 million high-quality, age-appropriate books each month to enrolled children from birth to age five.  Dolly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading, inspiring children to dream more, learn more, care more and be more.  The impact of the program, has been widely researched and results suggest positive increases in key early childhood literacy metrics.  Penguin Random House is the exclusive publisher for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.  For more information, please visit imaginationlibrary.com.

The Rotary Club of Charlottesville became the proud local affiliate of this program in the City of Charlottesville in 2015 and Albemarle County in 2021.

In 2026 Martin Horn Helps took over as the local affiliate but the Rotary Club of Charlottesville continues to raise funds toward the cause.