Leader of Oconee Wee Read Looking to Drum Up Support for the Program
The Oconee County, Ga Wee Read Team hopes to provide free books for all 2,200 eligible preschoolers in the county.
At age 6 I fell in love with my first book. It was “Little Black, A Pony” written by Walter Farley that stole my heart. I was heartbroken when I had to return it to the library, despite my mother’s assurance that I could check it out again. I wanted desperately to keep that book. Don’t you remember your first beloved book just as fondly? Country Star Dolly Parton remembers her own longing for books, and it sparked a desire to get age-appropriate books into the hands of her home county’s preschoolers so that they could feel the magic that books can create. In 1996, she launched “Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library” a local program for her east Tennessee home county which provided a book each month to every pre-school child. The brand-new…
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