Dolly Parton’s Legacy of Books | Birmingham News

Birmingham AL News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 28, 2026 · 1m

Dolly Parton, the beloved Queen of Tennessee, has passed away, leaving behind a legacy of music, resilience, and an enduring love for literacy. Rising from poverty to global fame, she channeled her success into giving back—most notably by founding the Imagination Library in 1995, which has gifted over 200 million books to children worldwide. Inspired by her father’s unfulfilled dreams due to lack of education, Dolly dedicated her fortune to breaking that cycle, helping more than three million kids. Meanwhile, in her hometown, her mother—a passionate educator and librarian—lived out the same…