Half Million Books Delivered | Cedar Rapids News

Cedar Rapids just hit a major milestone—500,000 books mailed through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, bringing early literacy to thousands of young kids. Since launching in 2018, the program has reached nearly 10,000 children and now serves over 4,000 active enrollees—about half of all eligible kids under five. Research shows kids in the program are 11x more likely to love books and 15x more likely to engage during reading time. The Library Foundation celebrates this achievement as proof of the program’s power to spark a lifelong love of reading—and they’re just getting started. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/70f5e471a8383bd3