BY SHY-ANN ARKINSTALL
Cessnock City Library has celebrated reaching 600 families enrolled in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library since the beginning of 2022.
Of approximately 700 babies born in the Cessnock LGA in 2022, almost 90 percent of them have signed up to the program.
The Imagination Library program delivers one free book a month to children born in 2022 until they reach five years old.
This ends up being 60 books for each child over the five years, making a great start to their at-home library.
The program aims to help start a love of reading in young children and improve their literacy skills at home.
Parents can sign up at the Cessnock City Library or ask their Baby Health Nurse to help them enroll.
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| Cessnock Mayor Jay Suvaal and a Dolly Parton cardboard cutout. |
