Imagination Library

This program is open to all children who reside either full-time or part-time at an address within Canadian County. Children must be 4 years and 11 months old or younger to qualify. Any child older than 4 years and 11 months at the time of registration is not eligible for the program.

There is no cost to families for enrolling children, though donations to the program are always welcome!

The fastest option is to fill out this online form, or if you’d prefer you can mail in a paper form to register, however it does take longer to manually process.

No. Registration is ongoing. However, please keep in mind that only children ages birth to 4 years and 11 months old are eligible to receive books. If your child is older than 4 years and 11 months at the time of registration, they will not be eligible for the program.

Children will receive books that are appropriate for their age. They are selected by professionals who choose books that reflect a diversity of people and cultures, and that promote self-esteem and a love of reading.

Each year, the esteemed Blue Ribbon Book Selection Committee, a specially selected panel of early childhood literacy experts, is responsible for reviewing hundreds of potential titles for inclusion in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library national. The Blue Ribbon Book Selection Committee is a part of the Dollywood Foundation in Tennessee and takes great care in choosing books that meet the different needs of children as they progress from birth to age five. This committee select books for all national and international affiliates. All books are published by Penguin Random House. For more information, please visit the Imagination Library’s site.

Thanks to a collaborative effort between Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, American Printing House for the Blind (APH), and Penguin Group, USA, an ever-expanding collection of titles will be available as free downloadable children’s audio books and for those who prefer, there will be many titles available in braille from APH. These will be offered free-of-charge to eligible families and may be purchased at a low cost by all others. For more information, please click here.

The program provides two titles of bilingual (English/Spanish) books per year and are always looking to expand their selection. Unfortunately, there is no option to receive all books as bilingual at this time or to receive bilingual books in languages other than English/Spanish.

Yes!

After you register your child, it may take up to 6 to 9 weeks for the first book to arrive. After that, the books will arrive every month. However, books can arrive at any time in the month, and children in the same household may not receive their books on the same day.

Regardless of the number of eligible children in your household, every enrolled eligible child will receive their own personalized book each month.

Each child within an age group receives the same monthly book. Imagination Library makes sure children receive an appropriate book by allocating them to an age group based on their year of birth. 

The Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Book Selection Committee rotates approximately 25% of titles for each age group each year. So, yes, your younger child will receive some of the same books their older sibling received.

If an email address was added to your child’s record upon registration, this will serve as your username. If you do not know your password, please request a new password using the New Password/Forgot Password link on the login page. If you require further assistance contact our Imagination Library team via email - imaginationlibrary@elrenolibrary.org

If you move, please log into your account to change the primary address you have listed in your account. Books will not be forwarded with the rest of your mail.

Make sure your account and mailing address are up to date by going to the login page and verifying your information. If you are unable to resolve your issue contact our Imagination Library team via email - imaginationlibrary@elrenolibrary.org

No. You must be the child’s parent or legal guardian to register them for this program.

Children who split time between locations are still only eligible for one account. Please choose a single address where the child will receive their monthly book.

Donations can be made via check or online. Checks can be made out to our affiliate partner - Wesley United Methodist Church, payable to Wesley Missions, with "Dolly" in the memo line. They can be mailed to 101 S. Barker, El Reno, OK 73036 or dropped off at the library. Online donations can be made here. Be sure to indicate that your donation is going to the El Reno, Union City, Calumet program!