🎸  Like so many of you, my heart felt heavy late last week learning of Dolly Parton’s passing. She has been one of my all-time favourite country stars since I was a very young child... Love Is Like a Butterfly was always a personal favourite of mine.

Beyond her legendary music and unmatched wit, Dolly was a fierce champion for books and literacy. Through her Imagination Library, she gifted over 300 million free books to children around the world since 1995, inspiring a love of storytelling in generations of young readers.

As Dolly famously joked: “I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.”

As an author, her dedication to spreading the magic of reading has been a constant inspiration to me. If you’d like to learn more about her literacy legacy or support her mission, please visit ImaginationLibrary.com.