Imagination Library of Waco
How it Works
ENROLL
Parents enroll their children age 0 to 4 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 until their 5th birthday, 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
7
eligible zip codes
1,930
children enrolled
73,547
books delivered
100%
free to parents
Who Is Eligible?
The only requirement to enroll is that a parent or grandparent live in a zip code that we are currently enrolling. Currently, we are enrolling children in the following zip codes:
- 76701
- 76704
- 76707
- 76708
- 76710
- 76711
- *New!* 76657
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
- United Way Expands Eearly Literacy with Imagination Library PartnershipWaco, TX — United Way of Waco-McLennan County announces a partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, an early literacy program that supports education success for young children and families in Waco and McLennan County. Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has becomeContinue reading “United Way Expands Eearly Literacy with Imagination Library Partnership”
- New Enrollments ResumeThe Board of Directors of Imagination Library of Waco is pleased to announce it is resuming new enrollments into Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program as of Sept 1, 2025. Families can now enroll their children ages 0-4 to receive aContinue reading “New Enrollments Resume”
- Temporary Pause of New EnrollmentsToday, Imagination Library of Waco is announcing a TEMPORARY pause of new enrollments into Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program. Children currently enrolled WILL continue to receive books. Imagination Library has been wildly popular and successful in our community. We areContinue reading “Temporary Pause of New Enrollments”
