Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Ohio

Ohio is proud to be one of the 21 states working with @DollyParton to bring her program-- @dollyslibrary-- to every Ohio child between 0-5 years for free! 10tv.com/article/news/n…

🧠 Did you know that 80% of a child's brain is developed by the time they turn three years old? 📖 @ImaginationOhio is working hard to ensure that more books are available in the homes of children under five, supporting their cognitive development. 🔗ohioimaginationlibrary.org

Did you know Ohio has a @DollyParton license plate? With every plate purchased, $25 will go directly towards @ImaginationOhio, and be used to cover the local cost of mailing books to children near you! Celebrate #LicensePlateDay and #DriveWithDolly 🚗✨

Happening tonight🍔🍦Join us tonight for a Dine to Donate at participating @tomtreyco McDonald's locations. 20% of your purchase this evening will put @dollyslibrary books into the hands of local children. 📅 TONIGHT! ⏰ 5:00 - 8:00 PM 📍Locations listed below:

Celebrate #EarthDay by visiting one of Ohio's Storybook Trails! 🌎 Thanks to @ohiodnr and @ODOT_Statewide, there are dozens of Storybook Trails in @OHStateParks and rest areas. Each Trail features pages of an Imagination Library book along a walking path. Where will you visit?

These age-appropriate book guides are an extension of what's provided on the inside cover of @dollyslibrary books. Caregivers can incorporate new questions and fun activities during their next story time to strengthen their child's early literacy skills. ohioimaginationlibrary.org/bookguides

Turn your next story time into skill-building time 📗 Thanks to @OhioDCY, families in Ohio now have access to a catalog of book guides for @dollyslibrary books!

.@dollyslibrary 2025 report featured Ohio TWICE!! 🚗 Ohio launched it's specialty license plate, with nearly 2,000 plates being purchased last year! 🎉Our former executive director, Timberly Pierce, joined the national program as the new Director of North America!

More info: ohioimaginationlibrary.org/news/tomtreyco…

🍔🍦 Grab dinner. Give back. It’s that easy! 📍Participating @tomtreyco McDonald’s locations in Columbiana, Jefferson, Mahoning, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Washington, and Wayne counties. ⏰Thursday, April 23 -5:00 to 8:00 pm

📗Ohio is the only state to be signing newborns up via their birth certificate paperwork 📗over 1 million Ohio children have participated in the program since 2019 📗almost 26 million books have been gifted to children in Ohio

📗available to EVERY child under the age of five in Ohio since 2020 📗 now, nearly 419,000 children are receiving a monthly book in the mail 📗Ohio continues to be the largest statewide program in terms of enrollment

With immense gratitude, we thank @GovMikeDeWine and First Lady @FranDeWine for supporting @dollyslibrary in Ohio!

@andy_chow More praise for First Lady Fran DeWine - he recalls her saying in his first campaign she wanted him to expand the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. It's now statewide, sending 419,000 kids a book in the mail every month till they turn 5 - 25 million books mailed in total

Thanks to First Lady @FranDeWine’s leadership, @dollyslibrary is available to every child in Ohio between 0-5 years old! #OhioSOTS26

It’s essential that children learn early about the importance of books and reading because reading is the key to everything! First Lady Fran DeWine has made it her mission to get books into the hands of Ohio’s youngest children by expanding @ImaginationOhio into every corner of Ohio. #OhioSOTS26

After signing up, children receive one age-appropriate book in the mail each month until his or her 5th birthday. Know a child under 5 years old? Tag their caregiver and tell them to sign up using the link in our bio for a free monthly book delivery 📘

Highest enrollment ever 📈🎉 418,924 children in Ohio will receive a book of their own from @dollyslibrary later this month! This represents the single largest monthly mailing since launching our statewide program in 2019.

Reading aloud is widely recognized as the single most important activity for enhancing a child’s language and development. —Family Literacy Programs: Who Benefits (Ohio Library Resource Center), 2020 📚 Drop your family's favorite reads in the comments below! ⬇️ And, if you're looking to add more literacy to your household, take a few minutes to enroll your young child to receive free books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Ohio! 💝📖 @ImaginationOhio ohioimaginationlibrary.org/enroll

"This new research backs what Ohio families have been sharing with us – that children with @dollyslibrary books inside the home love to read, and read often, and are better prepared when they get to kindergarten,” said Ohio First Lady @FranDeWine. More: spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/ne…