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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

https://imaginationlibrary.com/
74•jumploops•56m ago
With today's news, I thought I'd share this great program:

“When I was growing up in the hills of East Tennessee, I knew my dreams would come true. I know there are children in your community with their own dreams. They dream of becoming a doctor or an inventor or a minister. Who knows, maybe there is a little girl whose dream is to be a writer and singer.

The seeds of these dreams are often found in books and the seeds you help plant in your community can grow across the world.”

Comments

dead_hn_theory•44m ago
We should be more ambitious with the people we build.
PLenz•8m ago
Exactly, noblesse oblige
eddieroger•7m ago
We should celebrate people like Dolly and not people unworthy of celebration or celebrity.
TheAtomic•42m ago
We need more Dolly Partons.
delichon•21m ago
They broke the mold.
runarberg•5m ago
[delayed]
turtleburger•37m ago
These books are really nice quality. Anyone who has children should absolutely look into this. The content is thoughtful and diverse.
bredren•9m ago
Many of the stories are good. The library also selects books that offer some stories reflecting diverse cultures.

Growing up in the 80s everything is white folks or animals but almost always it is about a boy or boys.

I think the baby books are still board books. Cordoroy’s Shapes is part of what I remember about our first’s earliest years. Reading it over and over. We even did a first birthday theme for it. My mom made triangle tarts.

After that they are floppy picture books. I suppose at this scale is is probably both economical and reflects some of the material involved.

That is just fine, though it’s just not the same as holding a hardcover.

Our kids don’t care about that, though. It’s more about the time and talking about the pictures and how well we ham it up.

hudo•36m ago
Getting books for almost 2 years now, we're so grateful to Dolly! Some very excellent books our child totally loves!
HelloUsername•32m ago
28.may.2023 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36100992 90 comments
ChrisArchitect•30m ago
Related on the legend RIP and some talk about the Library:

Dolly Parton has died

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49438052

Projectiboga•28m ago
If you know of any kids under the age of six get them signed up. The books come addressed in their name monthly.
peterleiser•21m ago
In Tennessee hospitals a nurse, staff member, or authorized volunteer will swing by your room in the mother-baby unit and sign you up. Then you start receiving free books by mail each month until age 5. An amazing program by an amazing person!
Vsolar•20m ago
Getting age-appropriate books for your kid on a regular schedule is amazing. If you've got young kids (and you're in the US) get on it!
nkoren•13m ago
We get them where I am in the UK, too.

Bless Dolly, she was amazing!

afthonos•13m ago
We shall never look upon her like again.

—Sent from Dollywood

brianwawok•7m ago
Hah I’m in Dollywood right now randomly
bushbaba•4m ago
Because of Dolly, other billionaires have stepped up to fund similar free books per month programs. She had a truly outsized impact.

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