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Imagination Library of Wichita County
Since 2001, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has put free books in the hands of young children across the nation. We now have an Imagination Library in our community. If you live within Wichita County, you can receive free books mailed to your home each month.
Eligibility Requirements
From birth through their 5th birthday, local children are eligible to enroll in the program. Their parent of guardian must live within the Imagination Library of Wichita County service area, which includes all zip codes within Wichita County.
About the Program
Children enrolled receive a new, age-appropriate, hard cover book sent to them at their home each month. The program is offered to families at absolutely no cost and is administered by the North Texas Area United Way. The books you receive from the Imagination Library are a free gift to the children. All you have to do is read to your children. This program provides parents, older brothers and sisters, grandparents, babysitters and others an opportunity to read, discuss, and enjoy books together with the young child in their lives.
What do parents/guardians need to do?
· Submit a completed enrollment form to Imagination Library of Wichita County or by registering on this website.
· Notify Imagination Library of Wichita County directly anytime your address changes, provided you still live in our service area, in order to continue receiving books.
· Read and have fun with the books and your child. The more you read with your child, the more your child learns and develops.
· Tell other parents about Imagination Library!
· Let your employer know that businesses can also donate to help support Imagination Library. Donations are greatly appreciated to help ensure continuation of this program.
Give the Gift of Reading
Why Families Need Imagination Library:
· Learning to read and write starts long before first grade. Children that are read to learn new vocabulary and gain knowledge about the world.
· Children’s early experiences with books and print greatly influence their ability to comprehend what they read later in their school years.
· If a child is read to 15 minutes every day from birth to five years, they will have been read to for 456 ½ hours, greatly increasing their vocabulary and understanding about the world around them.
· Each child that is signed up for the program could have their own personal library of up to 60 books for free!