All About Accessibility: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio Offers Braille, Audio, and New Bilingual English/Spanish Books

 

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio offers a wonderful opportunity for children by mailing one free book each month until they turn 5. This program is available to any child in Ohio from birth to age 5, making it accessible to a wide audience.

 

Recently, the Imagination Library announced an exciting addition: a bilingual English/Spanish book collection. This new collection features beloved classics such as I Hear a Pickle alongside fresh titles like Donut. Families in Ohio can now enroll their children to receive a free monthly bilingual book, or they can update their current accounts to include this new collection.

 

How Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio Works

• Enroll your child at OhioImaginationLibrary.org.
• In six to eight weeks, your child will receive the first book in the mail.
• Siblings under the age of 5 are also eligible and should be enrolled.

Why It’s Important

• Brain science shows that a child’s brain is already 80% developed by 3 years old.
• Through reading, children begin to learn words and sounds, recognize pictures, and understand emotions.

Braille and Audio Format

 

In partnership with American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. (APH), many of the books in the program are available in braille and audio format so that young children who are blind or have low vision can also participate.

 

Six books are chosen each year to be “Braille Tales” books. Braille labels are added to each book, bringing the whole family together by allowing them to read braille or print. Visit the APH Braille Tales webpage to learn more.

 

Audiobooks are also available to children. These books may only be played on a digital playback device loaned from the National Library Service (NLS) or another device approved by the NLS. This device will allow children to download the audiobook files, which are posted online every month. For more information about the audiobook option, please visit the APH audiobooks webpage.

 

It’s easy! Go to OhioImaginationLibrary.org  or the APH collaboration webpage to start your child’s free book delivery!