The Blue Ribbon Book Selection Committee takes great care in choosing books that meet the different needs of children as they progress from birth to age five. The books are selected by a national committee of early childhood literacy experts with the intent to provide a variety of inclusive and diverse titles that cover feel good topics. Registered children receive an age-appropriate book in the mail each month addressed specifically to them. Any child under the age of 5 living in Whatcom County is eligible to enroll. This much-loved program promotes reading skills, family time, and school readiness.
In doing so, she envisioned fostering a lifelong love of reading in children everywhere, inspiring them to dream big. Dolly created the program in honor of her father, who never learned to read. The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Imagination Library mails more than 1.8 million high-quality, age-appropriate books to registered children each month.
Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the most recognized early childhood book gifting program in the world. Yes, you read that right! United Way of Whatcom County has recently signed on as the local affiliate for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a world-wide program that sends free books each month to kids aged birth to five. Free Books for Kids! United Way Brings Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to Whatcom County
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