She may well be known for her decades long career in country music, but icon Dolly Parton has another important role and thousands of Salford children are benefiting from her generosity.
Inspired by her father’s inability to read or write, Dolly started her Imagination Library in 1995 for children in her home county.
Today, her programme spans five countries and gifts over three million free books each month to children, regardless of the family’s income.
Now a new Imagination Library has launched in Little Hulton, with families able to access books there and sign up to receive an age-appropriate book for their child every month from birth to age five completely free of charge.
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