Free books for Scioto County kids
Ohio’s First Lady Fran DeWine stopped by the Portsmouth Public Library on Friday to celebrate the launch of the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library in Scioto County.
The Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library works in conjunction with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to offer any child from birth to age five in Scioto County a free, new book from the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library every month regardless of family income.
The Governor’s Imagination Library will offer updates on book shipments as well and reading tips to help kids get the most out of their books.
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Dolly Parton launched the program back in 1995 in her birthplace of Sevier County, Tennessee and over the years it has expanded across the United State and to Canada, the UK, Australia, Ireland. Over 130 million books have been mailed to children.
Mrs. DeWine read a story to a group of local children in the Children’s Library.
You can click here to begin enrollment.
Image courtesy of the Portsmouth Public Library. Free books for Scioto County kids