Dolly Parton’s book program expands to Utah preschoolers
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will now provide free books each month to preschool-age children within the Canyons School District in Utah.
The Canyons Education Foundation partnered with Utah’s Operation Literacy to bring the program to southeastern Salt Lake County. Parton started the Imagination Library over three decades ago in rural Tennessee, and it has since distributed hundreds of millions of books in five countries.
District leaders believe the program will help foster a love of reading early in life, addressing concerns about low literacy rates among K-12 students in Utah and nationwide. They emphasized that building reading skills begins before kindergarten and requires participation from families and the community. The Canyons School District launched the partnership with a playful event on September 25 at 9:25 AM, referencing Parton’s song “9 to 5”.
District officials and the Canyons Education Foundation plan to raise funds to continue the program long-term, hoping to spark conversations and curiosity through regular book deliveries. They believe that consistent exposure to books is key to developing a lifelong love of reading.
