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A Michigan charity collective just handed $17,000 to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library after an eight-year wait paid off. The donation will keep free books flowing to 13,000 local children each month.
Storybook Maze calls herself a "radical street librarian" and makes books appear in neighborhoods where children have almost no access to them. Through free book vending machines and street corner story times, she's eliminating book deserts one community at a time.
More than 25,000 books are being donated to underserved children across New York City and Long Island through a partnership between ThriftBooks and Book Fairies. The donation helps close a critical gap after the nonprofit fell 28,000 books short of requests last year.
A Tennessee children's hospital has been renamed in honor of Dolly Parton after decades of her support for kids' health and education. The country icon has given millions to help children, from free books to vaccine research.
A Tennessee children's hospital now bears Dolly Parton's name, honoring decades of giving rooted in watching her father struggle without literacy. Her Imagination Library has mailed 270 million free books to children worldwide.
Across the Netherlands, tiny libraries are popping up on street corners and outside homes, offering free books to anyone who wants them. The country now has at least 1,500 "minibiebs," and they became lifesavers during pandemic lockdowns.