2nd Annual
DOLLY DAY
Saturday, September 25
Johnson's Literary Depot · 333 E. Main St
Workin' 9 to 5 on 9/25 — then stickin' around for the contest at 7.
What’s Happening
Dolly Parton has done a lot of things. Somewhere on that list, near the top, is putting over 300 million free books in the hands of kids who wouldn't otherwise have them. That's our whole thing too.
So on 9/25, nine to five, because we couldn't not, we're throwing the first annual Dolly Day. One day, one store, a lot of rhinestones. Storytime in the morning, a Read-In all afternoon, and after five o'clock we turn it into a party.
It's free. It's for everybody. Come as you are, or come as Dolly.
Why Dolly, why us
She's an East Tennessee kid who decided that every child ought to have books at home, and then actually did something about it. The Imagination Library has been mailing free books to kids since 1995. Over 300 million in just 30 years.
We're an East Tennessee bookstore that gives kids' books away for free. The overlap isn't subtle. We started our Kids Read for Free program to fill in the book access gap from 5-12 and provide home libraries for all kids ages 0-12.
Dolly Day is our way of saying it out loud once a year: books belong to everybody, especially the kids who don't have any yet.