Dolly Parton's father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read. Inspired by her upbringing, the 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission over the past three decades to ...

For more than 50 years, the Prison Book Program has been built on one simple idea: Everybody deserves the freedom to read. The Quincy-based nonprofit sends tens of thousands of free books each year to ...

United Way of Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro President and CEO Kristi Williams speaks at Augusta Health Thursday, June 29, 2023 next to a cut-out of Dolly Parton. Photos by Rebecca J. Barnabi ...

Washington lawmakers have cut funding for a children’s literacy program that serves more than 121,000 children in the state. The Imagination Library is a literacy program run by The Dollywood ...

Simon & Schuster is introducing a new "multi-platform education and resources program," Books Belong, during this year's Banned Books Week (October 1-7), as part of an effort to expand the publisher's ...

Pizza Hut’s Book It! literacy program, founded in 1984, has reached more than 70 million students — and counts the radio host Charlamagne Tha God among its fans. By Sarah Bahr Sarah Bahr was a Book It ...