POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Parents and children gathered at Powhatan County Public Library on Wednesday for the launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
The program, which sends an age-appropriate book in the mail to participating children from birth to age 5, has delivered more than 90 million books to children in more than 2,000 communities worldwide.
According to program organizers, 225 children in Powhatan signed up to take part in the program in the first month alone — more than twice as many as they predicted…