Imagination Library of Waco

How it Works

ENROLL

Parents enroll their children age 0 to 5 in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Currently, parents can enroll online or using a paper form at any one of our local community partners.

RECEIVE

Every month, the child receives an age-appropriate book in the mail addressed to them. Books are 100% free!

READ

Children grow up in a home full of books. Books help baby learn shapes, colors, letters and numbers. Older kids get rhyming books, complex stories, and stories about diversity. Imagination Library books are selected to help children be ready for kindergarten. It’s that simple!

Our Impact in Numbers

5

eligible zip codes

703

children enrolled

8,347

books delivered

100%

free to parents

Who Is Eligible?

Currently, we are enrolling children in the following zip codes:

76701
76704
76707
76710
76711

We want all children in McLennan County to receive free books! We are working hard to raise funds to expand eligibility! If you’d like to donate, click the link here to make a safe, secure contribution to funding literacy for our community’s children.

Catch Up on Our

Latest News

Early Literacy TipsJune 22, 2022
by Amanda Urabe Literacy is defined most simply as “the ability to read and write.” Here are some little things you can do with your young child to begin the path of literacy. Read together. Emilie Buchwald, award-winning children’s bookContinue reading “Early Literacy Tips”
June Book ReviewsJune 1, 2022
Dolly’s Blue Ribbon Book Selection Committee picked some great books to kick off summer! Amanda Urabe with Imagination Library of Waco is here to give us book reviews on two books arriving in mailboxes during June. Squeak! by Laura McGeeContinue reading “June Book Reviews”
Podcast: Get to Know Imagination Library of WacoMay 27, 2022
Recently, Imagination Library of Waco was invited onto the “Know Waco” podcast where President, Noelle Baker, shared Dolly Parton’s vision for inspiring a love of reading and learning and how the program is growing here in Waco. Check out theContinue reading “Podcast: Get to Know Imagination Library of Waco”

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