Dolly Parton's father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read. Inspired by her upbringing, the 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission over the past three decades to ...

For more than 50 years, the Prison Book Program has been built on one simple idea: Everybody deserves the freedom to read. The Quincy-based nonprofit sends tens of thousands of free books each year to ...

AS IT KICKED OFF, WE SAID, WE’RE GOING TO CREATE A PROGRAM WHERE EVERY KID CAN PARTICIPATE EQUALLY. THERE’S NO PRICES ON THESE FLIERS. SCHOLASTIC’S THE GLOBAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, IS GOING DOWN IN THE ...

Washington lawmakers have cut funding for a children’s literacy program that serves more than 121,000 children in the state. The Imagination Library is a literacy program run by The Dollywood ...

Indiana's proposed state budget eliminates funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a program that provides free books to children. The program, credited with improving Indiana's child literacy ...