If you have not yet heard, Dolly Parton will be reading bedtime stories to children online, as part of her Imagination Library project . The series, “Goodnight with Dolly” will begin Thursday, at 7pm ET – streaming on YouTube, with the first book in the series, The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper.

The Imagination Library has made over 130 million books available to children, since the project began in 1995 in Tennessee. Any child from birth to 5 years old is eligible to receive books. For school children who have had their school year disrupted by the pandemic, and for their parents coping with their home schedule, these online storybook readings will be a wonderful time of sharing.

Other books in the 10-week series are:

There's a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake by Loren Long

Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

I Am a Rainbow by Dolly Parton

Pass It On by Sophy Henn

Stand Tall Molly Lou Mellon by Patty Lovell

Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen

Max & The Tag-Along Moon by Floyd Cooper

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney© Viking Books for Young Readers — *Llama Llama Red Pajama* by Anna Dewdney
© *Viking Books for Young Readers*

Llama Llama Red Pajama was written by Vermont children’s book author, Anna Dewdney. Her popular read-aloud picture books brought joy to pre-school children everywhere, and sold more than 10 million copies. Sadly, Anna passed away in 2016.

Tune in to Dolly Parton’s YouTube stream and enjoy Anna Dewdney’s well-loved bedtime classic!