Passion for literacy is one of Dolly Parton's strongest legacies

Louise MartinNews Editor, Learning & Identity Parton meeting children participating in her Imagination Library literacy scheme in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in 2005 Dolly Parton’s passion for literacy is one of her strongest legacies. Inspired by her father’s illiteracy, she created the Imagination Library which offered a free book a month to children all around the globe. The scheme was started in her home state of Tennessee in 1995, and the initiative launched in the UK in 2007. Local par