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New Enrollments Resume

The 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 a free age-appropriate children’s book in the mail every month. We look forward to growing enrollment…

Temporary Pause of New Enrollments

Today, 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 are very proud to have gifted more than 60,000 books over the past 4 years.  Currently,…

Recap: The Great Waco Duck Race 2024

The Great Waco Duck Race is an annual charity event benefiting Imagination Library where participants adopt rubber ducks that are set to “race” down the Brazos River. This year, the event  took place on Sunday, October 20th, 2024 at Indian Spring Park. This year’s event surpassed previous attendance records as well as duck sales, as…

Imagination Library Out and About in the Community

On July 17, Imagination Library of Waco was invited by Literacy Connexus and Waco Housing Authority Community Services to their “Book Blast” event, bringing together community partners and residents at Estella Maxey Apartments (East Waco – 76704) for a book giveaway party at the community center. In addition to Imagination Library of Waco being onsite…

Rocket Federal Credit Union Sponsors Expansion of Imagination Library to McGregor

Imagination Library of Waco is pleased to announce the expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to a seventh Waco-area zip code, 76657, thanks to Rocket Federal Credit Union. The expansion allows all children in 76657 to receive one free age-appropriate children’s book per month from birth until their fifth birthday. Imagination Library of Waco expects…

Hundreds of Supporters Got All “Ducked Out” for Race Sunday

Author: Ellie Whitaker October 8, 2023 Indian Spring Park was filled with duck paraphernalia Sunday afternoon during the Great Waco Duck Race. Participants of all ages sported duck-billed hats and t-shirts, carried rubber duckies and hugged plush ducks. A yellow duck mascot posed for pictures by the bridge. Spectators lined the river to watch the…

Imagination Library Receives Grant from Waco Foundation

March 30, 2023 – Imagination Library of Waco is excited to announce it received a $5,000 grant from Waco Foundation to grow and sustain enrollment in high-priority zip codes in the greater Waco community. The grant was given as an immediate impact grant and funded from the Lucy & Kent Keeth Fund. Imagination Library of…

January Book Reviews

It’s 2023!! And we’re so excited about the books being sent out this month by Dolly’s Imagination Library. Here are reviews for a couple of the FUN books arriving in mailboxes this January! Milo’s Hat Trickby Jon Agee Milo the Magnificent botched his card trick. He tangled his rope trick. He’s not exactly…magnificent. When the…

December Book Reviews

Winter is nearly here and more books will be arriving in mailboxes soon! Here are mini-reviews for a winter favorite and a heartwarming story by the incredible Dolly herself! The Snowy Dayby Ezra Jack Keats When Peter awakens to find snow has fallen overnight, he rushes to go play outside. He makes tracks in the…

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