A FREE book mailed to your child every month!
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is available to Bracken County families with children under 5 years old.
Thanks to the Augusta Rotary Club for starting and managing this program in the county and to the local schools, local agencies, and the state for the funding that makes this program available to all Bracken County. For children age birth to 5 years old who are enrolled, the program mails an age-appropriate book monthly.
To learn more about the Imagination Library’s impact on children in Kentucky, visit imaginationlibrary.com/kentucky/
How Does it Work?
Families living in Bracken County can sign up their children, from newborn to age 5, by contacting Gary Frodge with the Augusta Rotary Club by phone: 859-991-0651 or by email: gary.frodge710@gmail.com. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will then send each enrolled child a new book every month. You will begin to receive books eight to ten weeks after you register. The books are absolutely free to you and yours to keep. There is no cost or obligation to your family.
Why?
The purpose of the program is to help children become “reading ready” by the time they start kindergarten. Research supports that lifelong benefits are gained when reading skills develop early in life. Parents and caregivers can use books to help children develop good reading habits. Bracken County Imagination Library is an investment in the future of our children and our community.
What are the Books?
Each book is selected by Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. A committee of parents, teachers, child development specialists, librarians, publishers and others specializing in early childhood literacy make the selections based on age appropriateness and the development of positive themes such as promotion of self-esteem and confidence, regard for diversity and appreciation of art.