Dolly Parton is an author herself whose titles include the 1996 children’s book “Coat of Many Colors,” which is part of the book giveaway program.
Dolly Parton speaks to a audience gathered to celebrate the expansion of the Imagination Library of Kentucky at the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. The library is now available to all 120 counties of Kentucky and provides free books to children up to the age of 5. Inspired by her upbringing, the 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission over the past three decades to improve literacy through her Imagination Library book giveaway program.
Parton, the fourth of 12 children from a poor Appalachian family, said her father was “one of the smartest people I’ve ever known,” but he was embarrassed that he couldn’t read. “The kids started calling me the ‘book lady,’” Parton said. “And Daddy was more proud of that than he was that I was a star. But Daddy got to feeling like he had really done something great as well.”
“It’s really a great way to teach children when they’re very young to learn to love books and to learn to read,” Parton said during the event in Lexington, Kentucky. Parton is an author herself whose titles include the 1996 children’s book “Coat of Many Colors,” which is part of the book giveaway program.
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