The Imagination Library mails a free, carefully selected books to children each month to encourage the love of reading and lay the foundation for future educational and economic success.

"The beauty of the Imagination Library is that it unites us all-regardless of politics-because every child deserves the chance to dream big and succeed," a statement reads.

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"The beauty of the Imagination Library is that it unites us all — regardless of politics," Parton's rep said in a statement.

Dolly Parton has called on Indiana’s governor to reverse course on plans to do away with her popular “Imagination Library” program. The country singer, who started the book gifting program to encourage early literacy,

Children’s access to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library was recently in question due to an unforeseen shortfall in the state’s allocated budget for the program. Partners for Children and Families has

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which sends a book a month to children five and younger, requires local funding and is currently facing a budget cut in Indiana, but the Dollywood Foundation has set up an endowment to continue the program.

The proposed state budget for Indiana would cut funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which promotes literacy by providing free books to children.