Washington Sidewalk

Since 1995 Dolly Parton’s program Imagination Library has been donating books to children of all ages and income levels, all over the world. On February 27 the country music icon went to Washington, DC to deliver her 100 millionth children’s book. I suppose it’s only fitting that her 100 millionth donation was a book she herself had written. "Coat of Many Colors" is a picture book featuring the lyrics of Dolly's song of the same name. Dolly started Imagination Library to honor her father, Lee Parton, who never learned to read. About the program, librarian of congress Carla Hayden said, “There is no way to truly quantify the impact this program has had on developing young readers across America and in other parts of the world.”