More than 186 million free books have been mailed since Parton launched it in 1995. Dolly Parton never imagined her book giveaway program would amount to much more than helping children in her native Sevier County, Tennessee, learn to read. But over the past 27 years, millions of young children across the globe have enjoyed…
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Nonprofit provides literacy support for kids
Book Babies is a program based in Durham A nonprofit based in the Bull City continues to provide literacy support to families with young children. “Book Babies,” a program of Book Harvest, provides free books and literacy coaching from birth until a child enters kindergarten. The Ellington family says the program has helped their 3-year-old son…