The Imagination Library of Will County said it’s seen a huge uptick in families enrolling to get free books through the mail in the wake of Dolly Parton’s death last week.
Parton died at the age of 80 last week after a brief battle with cancer, her family said.
Parton launched her Imagination Library program statewide in Illinois in 2023. It was originally launched in 1995 by Parton’s nonprofit, the Dollywood Foundation, and became the world’s foremost early childhood book gifting program…