Every story I hear about Dolly Parton just makes me like her more:
Country music legend Dolly Parton has been called a lot of things over the course of her five-decade career: singer, songwriter, actress and cartoon character (her words). But none of those titles has meant more to the 72-year-old than the one she celebrated at the Library of Congress: “book lady.”
Parton is the founder of Imagination Library, a nonprofit that started out donating books in Sevier County, Tenn., and grew into a million-book-a-month operation. Families who sign up receive a book per month from birth to kindergarten. The singer donated her organization’s 100 millionth book to the nation’s library on Tuesday.
“I never thought about being ‘the book lady,’ ” she joked during the event. “The painted lady, yes, the overexaggerated lady. That goes to show you can’t judge a book by its cover.”
And another!
Dolly Parton gives millions to Tennessee wildfire victims.
Country music legend Dolly Parton has given nearly 900 families $10,000 (£7,700) each after they were forced from their homes by deadly wildfires in Tennessee last year.
The singer-songwriter said the last payments had been made this week to help those affected by the devastating blazes.
