Dolly Parton Imagination Library

Since its local beginning in June, 2018, over 200 Richmond County children under the age of 5 have now received free monthly books by mail from Dolly Parton. There are no income requirements or other qualifications and no fees to register your child- just a Richmond County address and being under the age of 5. Once your registration is approved by the Richmond County Public Library, it will take about 6-8 weeks before your first book arrives by US Mail.

Thanks to a bequest by Berry and Carolyn Gray, the Richmond County Public Library was able to become a local affiliate of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for all Richmond County children from birth to their 5th birthday.

As a local affiliate, Richmond County Public Library pays approximately $25 per child per year to cover shipping expenses so that the Dolly Parton Imagination Library will send every registered child a free book each month. The Dolly Parton Foundation has committees of children’s literature experts to select the best quality, age-appropriate books, and the Foundation pays most of the cost for the books themselves. If you would like to keep this wonderful program for Richmond County children going after the Gray family bequest is spent down, please donate online and designate your gift to the Richmond County, VA local affiliate. Thank you!

Questions about our program? Contact Linda Taylor at ltaylor@rappahannock.edu or (804)-333-6711