Registration forms are available at all Dare County Libraries and Children & Youth Partnership for Dare County's office located at 2400 N. Croatan Highway near milepost 6.
Dolly Parton started Imagination Library in 1995 in her hometown of Seveir County, Tennessee to bring books into every child’s home. The Dollywood Foundation has helped make the program successful, and today it can be replicated in other states through local sponsorships. Children and Youth Partnership is partnering with the Outer Banks Community Foundation and local businesses and civic groups to bring Imagination Library to Dare County.
Imagination Library will provide an age appropriate hardback book to children in Dare County, from birth until their fifth birthday, once a month. Each book is selected by a committee composed of parents, teachers, child development specialists, librarians, publishers, and others specializing in early childhood literacy.
The long term objectives of Imagination Library are: 1) to lay the groundwork for all of our children to develop proficient reading skills in order to be successful in school, and 2) to bring families together by giving them the resources they need to read to their children. When families read together it opens communication creates family time, and develops relationships. When children receive a book, they will be so excited that they will "bug" mom/dad to read to them. When the parent stops everything else to read with their child, it will become a special time for the child and the parent. Children will associate reading with spending time with mom/dad and the parents will see the difference reading is making in their child's life.
Imagination Library has the potential to bring books into every home in our county and give all children the foundation they need to be successful in school. Our vision is that every month, children across Dare County will arrive home to find a new book, and a special time will be set aside for Mom or Dad to find a quiet place and read "The Little Engine That Could" , " Froggy Gets Dressed", "Giggles with Daddy", or one of many other appealing books to their child.
The cost to sponsor one child for 1 year is $27.
Thank you to all the generous donors. Please visit the Imagination Library Sponsors page for information.
We are raising money to provide books to all children birth to five in our community. If you have questions or would like to be a sponsor for this program, please contact us at 441-0614.
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