Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Dolly Parton Imagination Library

Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has grown into the world’s leading early childhood book gifting program. The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation, it has gifted more than 200 million free books to children in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and the Republic of Ireland. Each month, over 3 million high-quality, age-appropriate books are mailed to enrolled children from birth to age five -- helping inspire a lifelong love of reading and encouraging children to Dream More, Learn More, Care More, Be More™. The program is widely researched and shown to positively impact early literacy and early childhood development. Books are published exclusively by Penguin Random House.

For San Mateo County

The Imagination Library of San Mateo County invites families to sign up for free monthly books delivered right to their home.

Locally, the program is made possible by the Foundation for San Mateo County Libraries and our Friends of the Library groups in partnership with San Mateo County Libraries.

How to Sign Up

1. Visit Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
2. Fill out the required information
3. Submit your registration

Your child’s first book will arrive in approximately 8–12 weeks. After that, a new book will be delivered each month at no cost to your family!