Dolly Parton is known for many things, but I hadn't realised that she has established a programme called Imagination Library to give pre-school children free books... http://www.imaginationlibrary.com/usa/howworks.php
It started in her home county in Tennessee and is now a scheme like our Books in Homes with sponsors bringing the programme into their communities... It is currently operating in the USA, Canada and the UK, and over 600,000 children are receiving a book a month from birth to five years old. Here is an interview on the International Reading Association radio station about it
http://www.reading.org/Resources/Radio.aspx
Good on you, Dolly !
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