Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is all about inspiring a love of books and reading.
Country music icon, Dolly Parton, grew up in a household where her father could neither read or write. This experience has led to her creating a charity that now benefits children in the Western Plains.
Ms Parton started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county in Tennessee. Today, her program spans five countries and gifts over two million free books each month to children around the world including in our local region.
In late 2021, the New South Wales government announced it would fund the program in the state’s 25 most vulnerable local government areas, with the plan to target 15,000 children over five years at a cost of $8 million.
Locations in the scheme include Bourke, Gilgandra, Coonamble, Narromine, Gilgandra, Nyngan, Brewarrina and Coonabarabran…