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The market town of Selby is set to launch a local chapter of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a renowned literacy initiative that provides free books to children. This program is part of a larger £400,000 investment by the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority to improve early childhood outcomes. Enrolled families will receive a new book by mail every month from a child's birth until age five. Local leaders believe the project will foster a lifelong love of reading and better prepare youngsters for their formal education. This expansion builds upon the late singer's global legacy, which has already distributed hundreds of millions of books to children worldwide.

"Open a book. Discover a world."

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