The Imagination Library will continue sending books to eligible children in Parton's absence, a spokesperson for the Dollywood Company confirmed.

Dolly Parton said she wanted to be remembered "not for looks but for books." The beloved country singer died Aug. 25 at 80 after privately battling cancer. While the "Jolene" singer is best known for ...

Dolly Parton, the “queen of country music,” has had a lasting impact far beyond her East Tennessee home. Her initiative, Imagination Library, provides free books to young children to help “develop a ...

New York state is buying books from Dolly Parton’s library charity to distribute to kids under age 5 in a touching fitting tribute to the late country-music icon’s literacy legacy. The state Office of ...

Republican and Democratic states alike have cut funding to the children's literacy program over the past year.

Dolly Parton, who died at age 80, considered Ohio her "second state." Parton's Imagination Library program has expanded in Ohio to include outdoor Storybook Trails. The Imagination Library was started ...

"Dolly Parton will live on throughout the Imagination Library in the millions and millions of lives that she's touched throughout this program." ...

It was sad but strangely fitting that Dolly Parton should have died during the UK’s National Year of Reading, given the way the much-loved country singer used her wealth and influence to promote ...

The state Office of Children and Family Services is seeking two “solicitations of interest,” or proposals, from not-for-profit entities including school districts and even hospitals to join it in ...