HOW IMAGINATION LIBRARY WORKS
REGISTRATION SUBMITTED
Once you submit your child’s information, the registration will be approved by our local volunteers and sent on to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library headquarters, which takes care of packaging and mailing books.
REGISTRATION APPROVAL
New registrations are processed at the beginning of each month for mailing the following month. For example, if you register your child in mid-June, their registration enters the system in early July, and they’ll receive their first book in August.
PROCESSING & SHIPPING
Each month, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library ships 8 books: the welcome book (The Little Engine That Could), the graduation book (Look Out, Kindergarten! Here I Come!), and 6 age-specific books tailored to your child's birth year.
STAGGERED TIMELINE
Because Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library ships over a million books each month, they are not all mailed at the same time! The Little Engine That Could arrives near the beginning of the month, as does Look Out, Kindergarten! Here I Come! And the book for four-year-olds. The books for two- and three-year-olds arrive near the middle of the month, and the books for one-year-olds and infants arrive near the end of the month.
