Making Books a Birthright in Berkeley and Beyond.
Ownership of books from birth improves cognitive development, reading readiness, and lifelong academic success.
Our goal is to provide high-quality books by mail monthly for children under age 5 in our East Bay Service Areas with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. We serve as many as we can — never enough. (Help us grow! Support our work on the Donate page) .
We want every child to begin life knowing books belong to them, and they belong in books. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Program makes that possible. Enrollment info below and from “enroll” button at top of page.
For Supporters
The BBBP and its Imagination Library Programs are funded by folks like you, local Foundations, businesses, civic clubs, and local governments who know that early literacy cultivates more capable children and a more resilient community. Your support helps us, & Dolly, put more books into more children’s hands & homes.
Para los seguidores
El BBBP y sus Programas de Biblioteca de Imaginación están financiados por personas como usted, fundaciones locales, empresas, clubes cívicos y gobiernos locales que saben que la alfabetización temprana cultiva niños más capaces y una comunidad más resiliente. Su apoyo nos ayuda a nosotros y a Dolly a poner más libros en manos y hogares de más niños.
What is Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and how does it relate to The BBBP?
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to fifth birthday through funding shared by The Dollywood Foundation and local community partners in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Republic of Ireland.
To receive books a child must be a resident of a Local Partner’s Service Area and enroll with them. The Berkeley Baby Book Project has been an Imagination Library partner serving the East Bay since 2015. Our Service Areas include Berkeley & Emeryville, and Richmond & San Pablo. If you have an eligible child, you may sign them up through The BBBP. Richmond-San Pablo families must use a paper form mailed to us to enroll. Others may use an Online form. Books are mailed monthly by Imagination Library.
¿Qué es la Biblioteca de imaginación de Dolly Parton y cómo se relaciona con The BBBP?
La Biblioteca de Imaginación de Dolly Parton se dedica a inspirar el amor por la lectura regalando libros de forma gratuita a niños desde el nacimiento hasta el quinto cumpleaños a través de fondos compartidos por la Fundación Dollywood y socios comunitarios locales en los Estados Unidos, Canadá, el Reino Unido, Australia y la República de Irlanda.
Para recibir libros, un niño debe ser residente del área de servicio de un socio local e inscribirse en ellos. Berkeley Baby Book Project ha sido socio de Imagination Library y presta servicios en East Bay desde 2015. Nuestras áreas de servicio incluyen Berkeley y Emeryville, y Richmond y San Pablo. Si tiene un hijo elegible, puede inscribirlo a través de The BBBP. Las familias de Richmond-San Pablo deben utilizar un formulario impreso que nos enviaron por correo para inscribirse. Otros pueden utilizar un formulario en línea. Los libros son enviados por correo mensualmente por Imagination Library.