Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of London, Ontario

10/15/2026

Our favourite Canada Post carrier, Annette, delivering Sleep Tight, Polar Bear. She reminds you to notify both Imagination Library and Canada Post when you are moving so that you don't miss any book deliveries. Thank you, Annette, for getting those books to our kids.

10/14/2026

News from the Eric Carle Museum:
Silly old bear! "Winnie-the-Pooh" turns 100 today!
On October 14, 1926, A. A. Milne’s "Winnie-the-Pooh" was published as a collection of stories about the honey-loving bear and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.
Both author A. A. Milne and illustrator E. H. Shepard drew inspiration from their children. Milne’s son, Christopher Robin, and the stuffed animals in his nursery helped inspire the stories and characters. Shepard, meanwhile, modeled Pooh after his own son’s teddy bear, Growler.
Since 2004, The Carle has cared for over 100 original E. H. Shepard illustrations, on long-term loan from Penguin Young Readers Group.
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Ernest H. Shepard. Unpublished illustration, n.d. Courtesy of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. © Penguin Random House LLC.

10/07/2026

Special thanks to 100+Women Who Care London. While we were not the chosen non profit to receive full funding from the group, many women chose to donate $50-100 in addition to their donations to ChildCan. We received enough donations to cover 51 more children in the program for a year. We were so moved by the generosity of this fabulous group of women.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570263182648

We're a group of women who each commit to a $100 donation at 4 meetings per year - donating the entire amount to a worthy local charity.
No work. No fundraisers. Just the fun of giving & immediate impact!
100 Women x $100 = $10,000 donated locally.

10/06/2026

You can find FREE Recorded music that Dolly made just for Imagination Library children. Several of the songs have been made into Imagination Library books - I Am a Rainbow and Coat of Many Colors are two of them.

Download a free copy of Dolly Parton's "Makin' Fun Ain't Funny" from Dolly's first children’s album and 44th studio album "I Believe In You."

09/26/2026

Thank you to the Grand Theatre for helping us celebrate Give Like Dolly Day. We are looking forward to the Grand's production of 9 to 5 in May!!!!
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09/26/2026

A great celebration of 9-2-5 Give Like Dolly Day at the London Centre YMCA. Our instructor, Ruth Ingles, really outdid herself with bling and sequins. Gemma Carlton was a wonderful advocate for us this morning. Dolly will still be in residence until Saturday morning.

09/26/2026

Special thanks to Canada Life for lighting up for Dolly. Beautiful pink on 9-2-5 Give Like Dolly day.

09/24/2026

We are pleased to be one of two non profits chosen for the September 29th meeting of 100+Women Who Care London @ 6:30 at the Byron Legion. This group meets 4X a year for one hour meetings at which they hear two non-profits and vote on the one to receive their support. Each member whether present at the meeting or not then donates $100 and receives a tax receipt. This generates $10,000+ for the chosen non-profit. Frankly it is a wonderful way to learn about the groups, large and small, who are doing good work in London. That is heartening in these challenging, sometimes dark, times. I always come away feeling more hopeful and optimistic about the world. If you would like to join the group, you can find more information at:

09/24/2026

ROAR! 🦖🎉

When a dinosaur-loving birthday boy's party doesn't go as planned, some unexpected prehistoric guests arrive to save the day! Filled with fun, friendship, and plenty of dino-sized surprises, this story is perfect for little dinosaur fans.

09/23/2026

https://news.westernu.ca/2026/09/western-literacy-expert-gives-back-through-dolly-partons-imagination-library-of-london/

Western education instructor Betsy Reilly founded Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of London to help improve early literacy among children.