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How Dolly Parton started a massive early-childhood reading movement
The program now mails a free book each month to children from birth through age 5, and reached 200 million books in 2023, officials said.
- Country music icon Dolly Parton died Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 80, her publicist announced. A cause of death was not disclosed.
- Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995, inspired by her father's inability to read. She said, "He was the smartest man I have ever known, but I know in my heart his inability to read probably kept him from fulfilling all of his dreams."
- Distributing 200 million books by 2023, the program achieved massive scale. In 2022, it mailed 2 million books globally each month, reaching one in seven U.S. children under age 5.
- Research indicates participating families spend more time reading together and show greater interest in literacy-related activities. The initiative strengthens early language development and school readiness through regular family reading.
- With 55 Grammy nominations and 10 wins, Parton remains the third-most nominated woman in Grammy history, trailing only Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. She leaves a musical legacy including "Jolene," "Coat of Many Colors," and "I Will Always Love You.
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