Jointly funded by the state and local organizations, the initiative — one of Parton’s many community outreach efforts — has mailed monthly books to more than 15,000 children in Indiana’s St. Joseph, Elkhart,

Under the program, children receive a free book once a month until the age of 5 — almost like it’s coming directly from a fairy godmother named Dolly Parton. The country singer started the Imagination Library in 1995 to inspire “a love of reading,” according to the website.