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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library celebrates 80 million books given to needy children
As of July 2016, Imagination Library has mailed OVER 80 million free books to children in four countries, 80,478,771 to be exact.
By Samuel Osei
Charity & Philanthropy · September 25, 2026
As of July 2016, Imagination Library has mailed OVER 80 million free books to children in four countries, 80,478,771 to be exact. This month alone, 958,638 were sent out!
Here is a list of the free books mailed in July 2016 for all countries. This list includes mailing dates.
First reported by r/UpliftingNews.
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