State Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, a literacy advocate who spearheaded the effort to join Parton’s Imagination Library, said she is thrilled by the number of families who are taking part and hopes that many more children will be registered so they too can receive these gifts.
“If you can read, you can do anything,” Ferrante said. “This is an accomplishment and we are excited for the fact that local children are going to have the ability to start their own home library no matter what their income.”