LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Louisville mailed its 500,000th book to children under 5, celebrating a milestone for the city’s literacy program.
The program delivers free monthly books to help young children develop reading skills and prepare for kindergarten. It launched locally in 2017 with 55 children across three ZIP codes and now reaches more than 20,000 children across Jefferson County.
“Virtually every family has at least heard of the program, and we’re getting to meet the kids whose lives these books have touched,” Maria Gurren, executive director of the Imagination Library of Louisville, said in a news release…