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Film, Video Dolly Parton Dedicates Her Imagination Library's 100 Millionth Book to the Library of Congress

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Title

  • Dolly Parton Dedicates Her Imagination Library's 100 Millionth Book to the Library of Congress

Summary

  • Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton joined Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden for a presentation of the 100 millionth book in Parton's Imagination Library program, donated to the Library of Congress. The program featured a reading with school children and an announcement about a new literacy collaboration between Parton's program and the Library of Congress. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a book-gifting organization that has, to date, mailed 100 million books to children in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and the United States. Each month, the program currently mails a specially selected, high-quality, age appropriate book to more than 1 million registered children from birth until they start Kindergarten in participating communities.

Names

  • Library of Congress

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2018-02-27.

Headings

  • -  Education
  • -  Literature
  • -  Imagination Library, books, literacy, Dolly Parton, children

Notes

  • -  Classification: Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General).
  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Dolly Parton, Carla Hayden.
  • -  Recorded on 2018-02-27.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Visitors.

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  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687564

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  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress. Dolly Parton Dedicates Her Imagination Library's 100 Millionth Book to the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-27, 2018. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687564/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress. (2018) Dolly Parton Dedicates Her Imagination Library's 100 Millionth Book to the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-27. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687564/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress. Dolly Parton Dedicates Her Imagination Library's 100 Millionth Book to the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-27, 2018. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687564/>.