>Babies are to receive a free book every month until the age of five after a town adopted a scheme set up by country singer Dolly Parton.
>The scheme – Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – has been taken up by a community group in Chard, Somerset, in the hopes of improving literacy rates and education outcomes.
>Chard Community Hub has already been given £8,000 in donations towards the cost of the books in the first year.
>Kim, a mother from Chard on maternity leave, said ”times are hard” and the scheme “will help a lot and go a long way”.
>Parton’s Dollywood Foundation then covers the scheme’s central administration and coordinates large-scale publishing and distribution partnerships.
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>Babies are to receive a free book every month until the age of five after a town adopted a scheme set up by country singer Dolly Parton.
>The scheme – Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – has been taken up by a community group in Chard, Somerset, in the hopes of improving literacy rates and education outcomes.
>Chard Community Hub has already been given £8,000 in donations towards the cost of the books in the first year.
>Kim, a mother from Chard on maternity leave, said ”times are hard” and the scheme “will help a lot and go a long way”.
>Parton’s Dollywood Foundation then covers the scheme’s central administration and coordinates large-scale publishing and distribution partnerships.