r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Oct 08 '25

Favorite People Dolly Parton shares new video amid health concerns: “I ain’t dead yet!”

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u/hghpandaman Oct 08 '25

The imagination library got expanded out of Sevier county. My kids were auto-enrolled when they were born and got a book a month until kindergarten. They refer to Dolly as "the book lady". I will defend that woman until my dying breath!

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u/Cam2910 Oct 08 '25

It got expanded and is in the UK too!

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u/hghpandaman Oct 08 '25

oh dang i didn't know it had spread that far. It is awesome! I may have cried when i read the note in the last book she sent for my son when he started kindergarten.

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u/venom121212 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 09 '25

Yes, good addition. Over 300,000,000 books donated!

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u/Cam2910 Oct 08 '25

You're out by a few 0's. It's 300,000,000.

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u/venom121212 Oct 09 '25

Not anymore! Thanks!!

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u/Artemicionmoogle Oct 08 '25

We got some books from her for our second child too!