On June 6, California launched a statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. It allows all California children under five to be eligible to enroll in the program to receive a free book every month in the mail. The program is currently active in 30 counties and is expected to fully cover the state by 2028. The expansion was made possible by SB 1183 (Grove), signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is active in all 50 states and has gifted over 200 million books since 1995. California is the first state to provide a bilingual option (English and Spanish), and when its expansion is complete, it will be the largest Imagination Library in the nation. Learn more at library.ca.gov/services/to-public/imagination-library.