2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (807+ words) Between Dolly Parton’s death, Aug. 25-Sept. 9, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles issued 259 Dolly Parton specialty license plates, which partly fund the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Ohio. Prior to Parton’s death, the yearly total of Dolly Parton license plates…...

12+ hour, 43+ min ago   (781+ words) Books defined Michelle Williams Buckman’s childhood in Nashua. Her mother, Diane, was a reading specialist who retired from the Nashua School District with 40 years of experience in public education. She’d spent the first tender, formative years of her daughters’ lives…...

14+ hour, 51+ min ago   (295+ words) Vishü Rita KrochaKohima | September 13 In a far corner of the world, miles away from where legendary country singer-songwriter, global icon and philanthropist, Dolly Parton lived, Kohima remembers her inspiring life that lifted up millions across the world. "If I am…...

20+ hour, 8+ min ago   (612+ words) In the days since Dolly Parton’s passing, people across Tennessee and around the world have reflected on the music she gave us, the joy she created and the extraordinary generosity that defined her life. For those of us who work…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (158+ words) PINE HILLS, Fla. — Helena Madsen, a local high school junior and founder of The Giving Shelf, is sponsoring the upcoming Scholastic Book Fair at Pine Hills Elementary School in Orlando from Sept. 28 through Oct. 2. All 650 students at the Title I…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (148+ words) Sometimes preparing kids for their future starts with a purchase. That’s why the New Bern Craven Public Library hosted a book sale Saturday. Allowing visitors to grab as many books as they like for any dollar donation. Meaning, people could…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (392+ words) A children's literacy scheme founded by country music icon Dolly Parton is set to launch in Selby, providing free books to youngsters until they start school. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is being introduced as part of a wider £400,000 initiative aimed…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1264+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — When Justice Pinkston came home from J.B. Fisher Elementary School with five free books, her parents had questions. Were they really free? All five of them? Could she really choose whichever books she wanted? “I was like, are…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1290+ words) Dolly Parton poses with two of her books, "Coat of Many Colors" and "I am a Rainbow." Dolly Parton poses with several children holding her book, "Coat of Many Colors," in 2018. Dolly Parton left behind more than a legacy of…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (493+ words) The Pizza Hut Foundation, in partnership with the Pizza Hut Book It! reading program, has awarded a $10,000 Slice of Literacy Grant to the Brownwood Community Library Association. The Pizza Hut Foundation has also awarded a $10,000 Slice of Literacy Grant to…...