The 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission to improve literacy through her Imagination Library book giveaway program.
Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the Missouri statewide expansion of Dolly Parton 's Imagination Library ,Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Inspired by her upbringing, over the past three decades, the 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission to improve literacy through herbook giveaway program.
Parton, the fourth of 12 children from a poor Appalachian family, said her father was “one of the smartest people I’ve ever known,” but he was embarrassed that he couldn't read. “The kids started calling me the ‘book lady,’” Parton said. “And Daddy was more proud of that than he was that I was a star. But Daddy got to feeling like he had really done some great as well.”
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