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What is Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library?
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is … FREE!
It sounds almost too simple to be true, but by reading regularly with your children during their early years – from birth! – you are giving them the biggest boost toward success they will ever get.Dolly Parton has partnered with Penguin publishing company to offer low cost, carefully selected titles that are development appropriate for children ages birth to 5 years. These books are mailed each month to the child's home absolutely free. Volunteers organize community sign-up events, coordinate with local agencies, and raise funds to sponsor children in the program (at a yearly cost of only $30/child). For more information about Imagination Library, go to their website at www.imaginationlibrary.com.
June 2010 Bob the Builder Events at the Palmer, Wasilla and Big Lake Libraries.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will help you read with your child. Every child will have books of their very own, at no cost to you, thanks to The Dollywood Foundation. A grant for from Best Beginnings, donations from Wasilla Sunrise Rotary Club, Susitna Rotary, Friends of the Wasilla Library, and Communities in Schools - Alaska, each contributed money to start the birth to age 5 reading program in the Meadow Lakes area of the Mat-Su Borough. Best Beginnings grant moneys are a combination of funds from Rasmuson Foundation, Conoco-Phillips, and the Alaska Dept of Ecucation & Early Development.
Each month a new, carefully-selected book will be mailed in your child’s name directly to your home. He/she can look forward to new and exciting reading adventures from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library until he/she turns five years old, as long as you remain a resident of the Mat-Su Borough. Should the child move outside the boundaries, he/she automatically exits the program.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a FREE GIFT to our children! All you have to do is read to them.Who is Eligible? Register Online
Young children under age 5 living in Wasilla, Palmer and Big Lake, Alaska are eligible. (We will be expanding to other areas in the borough at a later date. You may register now and we will hold your registration until that time.)
What are My Responsibilities?
1. Be a resident of the Mat-Su Borough and live in Wasilla, Palmer or Big Lake.
2. Complete an official registration form, completely filled out by parent or guardian.3. Notify the Mat-Su Borough Imagination Library anytime your address changes. Books are mailed to the address listed on the official registration form. If the child’s address changes, you must contact us in order to continue receiving books.
4. Read with your child.When Will My Child Receive Books?
For children who register before the 9th day of the month, books will begin arriving at your home the following month and will continue until your child turns five or you move.
How Can I Help?
We need volunteers to help fund raise, help at enrollment events, to help spread the word & sponsor a child. Email us to help.
If you know of a business, organization, or individual who would like to donate funds to support this gift to your children, donations, payable to Mat-Su Schools Foundation, can be sent to:
Meadow Lakes Imagination Library
c/o Mat-Su Schools Foundation
PO Box 873414
Wasilla, AK 99687Books and Book Activities
The first book all children receive when they’re enrolled in Imagination Library is "The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper. Download the accompanying The Little Engine That Could activity sheet to add to your child’s enjoyment, and watch this space for activities for new titles as they’re mailed. Click title to access the book activities.September Titles
Group 6 (2005): Owl Moon (mailed 9//10)
Group 5 (2006): Chicken of the Family (mailed 9//10)
Group 4 (2007): My Lucky Day (mailed 9//10)
Group 3 (2008): The Wild Little Horse (mailed 9//10)
Group 2 (2009): Sleep, Baby, Sleep OR Panda Whispers (mailed 9//10)
Group 1 (2010): Where's My Nose? OR No Matter What (mailed 9//10)
August Titles
Group 6 (2005): A Place Called Kindergarten (mailed 8/12/10)
Group 5 (2006): Take Care, Good Knight (mailed 8/4/10)
Group 4 (2007): Gobble, Gobble, Crash! (mailed 8/5/10)
Group 3 (2008): Rhymes Around The World OR Pip & Squeak (mailed 8/9/10)
Group 2 (2009): A Mother For Choco OR Just Like You (mailed 8/12/10)
Group 1 (2010): Skippy Jon Jones: Up and Down (mailed 8/10/10)
July Titles
Group 6 (2005): Lissy's Friends Activities (to be mailed 7/15/10)
Group 5 (2006): Aesop's Fables Activity Sheet (to be mailed 7/2/10)
Group 4 (2007): Llama Llama Mad At Mama Activity Sheet (to be mailed 7/7/10)
Group 3 (2008): Little Loon And Papa Activity Sheet (to be mailed 7/13/10)
Group 2 (2009): Pouch - no activity sheet available (to be mailed 7/16/10)
OR Ready, Set, Skip! Activity Sheet (to be mailed 7/16/10)Group 1 (2010): Peek-A-Boo Morning Activity Sheet (to be mailed 7/1/10)
June Titles
Group 6 (2005): Badger's Fancy Meal Activity Sheet (mailed 6/1/10)
Group 5 (2006): Officer Buckle & Gloria Activity Sheet (mailed 6/9/10)
Group 4 (2007): The Spiffiest Giant in Town - no activity sheet available (mailed 6/17/10)
OR The Gruffalo Activity Sheet (mailed 6/17/10)Group 3 (2008): Mine-O-Saur Activity Sheet (mailed 6/2/10)
Group 2 (2009): Good Night Gorilla Activity Sheet (mailed 6/10/10)
Group 1 (2010): Look At The Animals Activity Sheet (mailed 6/2/10)
May Titles
Group 6 (2005): Thank You World Activity Sheet (mailed 5/5/10)
Group 5 (2006): Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Activity Sheet (mailed 5/7/10)
OR Luke Goes To Bat Activity Sheet (mailed 5/18/10)Group 4 (2007): Goldilocks and the Three Bears Activity Sheet (mailed 5/7/10)
OR Twenty-six Princesses Activity Sheet (mailed 5/4/10)Group 3 (2008): Roar of A Snore Activity Sheet (mailed 5/13/10)
Group 2 (2009): Father And Son Activity Sheet (mailed 5/7/10)
OR Dimity Duck Activity Sheet (mailed 5/7/10)Group 1 (2010): I Love You Sun, I Love You Moon - no activity sheet (mailed 5/3/10)
Best Beginnings Activity Sheets
Activity sheets for new books from Best Beginnings
Imagination Library Reading Activities Sheets from Tennessee
Reading Activities Sheets for all booksFAQs
When and where can I sign up my Wasilla child?
Registration forms are available at Wasilla Elementary schools. Registration forms are also available online.How often are books delivered?
A book is delivered via the US Postal Service to enrolled children once a month.Who is eligible?
All children from birth to age 5 that currently have a mailing address with a 99654, 99687, 99629, and 99652 are eligible.How much does it cost?
The program is completely free to all eligible children.How can I donate?
The cost for delivering the books to each child is raised through community donations. The cost is $30 per child, per year. You may choose to sponsor a child from birth to age 5 for $150.
