Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five, no matter their family’s income.
After launching in 1995, the program grew quickly. First books were only distributed to children living in Sevier County, Tennessee where Dolly grew up. It became such a success that in 2000 a national replication effort was underway. By 2003, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library had mailed one million books. It would prove to be the first of many millions of books sent to children around the world.
Dolly’s home state of Tennessee pledged to pursue statewide coverage in 2004 and global expansion was on the horizon. After the United States, the program launched in Canada in 2006 followed by the United Kingdom in 2007, Australia in 2013 and the Republic of Ireland in 2019.
In the fall of 2024, Conestoga Valley School District received a grant from the Conestoga Valley Education Foundation (CVEF) to partner with the Literacy Council of Lancaster to purchase and mail books to registered families!
This program is open to anyone living within the CV district boundaries!
Send completed forms to Karen Sullivan, CV First 10 Administrator:
Email: Karen_Sullivan@conestogavalley.org
Or mail to:
2112 Horseshoe Rd.
Attn: Karen Sullivan
Lancaster, PA 17601