On Thursday, May 5 at 6:00 P.M., a brief musical performance by Dolly Parton and a live interview with her about the success of her Imagination Library program in Arkansas will be live-streamed by Arkansas PBS at myarpbs.org/imaginationlibraryevent, as well as on the Garland County Library’s Facebook Live account at facebook.com/garlandcountylibrary, and its YouTube channel at youtube.com/garlandcolibrary.
The Imagination Library of the Ouachitas will host a watch party for local residents at the GCLibrary at 5:30 P.M. in the library’s Meeting Room D. Guests can watch the live stream and register eligible local children in Imagination Library. Seating is limited, and registration is required on the library’s online calendar at www.gclibrary.com, or by calling 501-623-4161.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is the world’s preeminent early childhood book-gifting program. In partnership with local affiliates, the program mails high-quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five in participating communities. Each child enrolled in the program receives one book per month at no cost to families.
Currently, almost 57,000 children in Arkansas are enrolled and affiliates in Arkansas have gifted a total of three million books. In Garland County, 165,000 books have been gifted since 2012.
Online registration is available to parents or guardians of children under age five. The local affiliate’s cost to sponsor a child for five years is $125. To register or sponsor a local child, go to garlandcountyimiaginationlibrary.org.
The Library is located at 1427 Malvern Avenue. For more information about the library’s programs, call 501-623-4161, or email gcl@gclibrary.com.
