The Life Of Dolly Parton, The Queen Of Country Music

The Inspiration Behind Imagination Library

What inspired Dolly to start her literacy program is really quite special. In a 2015 interview with Paper, Dolly said, “Where it all really started was with my daddy. He was, without a doubt, the smartest man I have ever known, but he could not read very well. Daddy did an incredible job of providing a good life for our family but there is no telling what he could have achieved if he had learned to read. So the Imagination Library is just one way for me to honor him…”

She went on to add, “Not long before he passed, he told me he was more proud of me for the Imagination Library than anything else I had ever done. I’ll never forget that moment. So every time I am called the Book Lady, I think of my Daddy.”