Early Literacy
Read & connect with your kiddo!
Both Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and Reach Out and Read encourage reading along with parent and child interaction, ultimately helping children enter kindergarten with established pre-literacy skills critical to later reading success.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Is my child eligible?
All Children From Birth To Five Years Old In Transylvania County are eligible to receive one free book per month delivered to their home from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
Children must reside in Transylvania County as verified by the United States Postal Service upon registration.
Register today…it’s FREE!
Smart Start partners with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to get books into the hands of North Carolina's youngest children for free!
You can sign up online via the button below OR you can download, print, fill out, and mail in one of the forms below:
Reach Out and Read
Reach Out and Read gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together. They allow doctors’ offices to distribute a new, age-appropriate book to children on well visits, during which physicians and nurses assess developmental progress in patients.
Smart Start of Transylvania County is the local affiliate of Reach Out and Read Carolinas. Our partner in Transylvania County that delivers the Reach Out and Read Program is:
Hendersonville Pediatrics
157 Medical Park Dr # A
Brevard, NC 28712
(828) 884-3440
