CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Dolly Parton may be best known for her music, but in Eastern Iowa, her legacy is reaching a much younger audience — one book at a time.
Parton’s Imagination Library has become a growing part of communities across the region, providing free, age-appropriate books to children from birth through age five.
In Cedar Rapids, the program has been operating since 2018 through the Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation. In June, the local affiliate mailed its 500,000th book to a Cedar Rapids child. The program has also seen nearly 9,800 children graduate after turning five…