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How Dolly Parton’s love of books helped fuel Stockton’s early literacy program, Read to Me

WHEN STOCKTON PARENTS read a bedtime story to their young children, many will have Dolly Parton to thank. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the legendary performer’s children’s book charity, powers San Joaquin County’s successful children’s reading program, Read to Me, Stockton. The program offered a tribute to Parton on social media after the entertainment icon’s death was announced Tuesday. […] The post How Dolly Parton’s love of books helped fuel Stockton’s early literacy program, Read to Me appeared first on Local News Matters .

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WHEN STOCKTON PARENTS read a bedtime story to their young children, many will have Dolly Parton to thank. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the legendary performer’s children’s book charity, powers San Joaquin County’s successful children’s reading program, Read to Me, Stockton. The program offered a tribute to Parton on social media after the entertainment icon’s death was announced Tuesday. […] The post How Dolly Parton’s love of books helped fuel Stockton’s early literacy program, Read to Me appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s source item, How Dolly Parton’s love of books helped fuel Stockton’s early literacy program, Read to Me, WHEN STOCKTON PARENTS read a bedtime story to their young children, many will have Dolly Parton to thank. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the legendary performer’s children’s book charity, powers San Joaquin County’s successful children’s reading program, Read to Me, Stockton. The program offered a tribute to Parton on social media after the entertainment icon’s death was announced Tuesday. […] The post How Dolly Parton’s love of books helped fuel Stockton’s early literacy program, Read to Me appeared first on Local News Matters .

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