KNOXVILLE, Tenn — New international research by the United Way of Australia is highlighting the impact of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The five-country study is the largest ever done on shared book reading, which is an interactive read aloud between an adult and children.
For 31 years, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has mailed free books to children under the age of 5. It later expanded into different countries. This new study shows that reading those gifted books is doing more than getting kids ready for bedtime: it’s preparing them for school
For 3-year-old Ciarán Parker, reading isn’t a chore; it’s part of the daily routine. At just two days old, his parents signed him up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library…