Parton's Library Hits One Million
by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 1/5/2004
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library handed out its millionth book late last month, to one-year-old Cana Waynick of Danville, Ala. The country singer started the library in 1996 to inspire children to read by giving away a free copy of a book to kids from birth to age five every month. Over the course of 2003, the Imagination Library shipped approximately 500,000 books, the same number the literacy program gave away in its first six years. At the end of 2003, 206 communities in 35 states were participating in the program, up from 25 states and 183 communities one year ago.
