Imagination Library

This program is open to all children who reside either full time or part time at an address within Tulsa County. Children must be 4 years and 11 months old or younger to qualify. Any child older than 4 years and 11 months at the time of registration is not eligible for the program.

If you live in Tulsa County and have a child under age 5, enroll with the Enroll Now link above. Online enrollment is the fastest way to get your child signed up. Paper registration forms are also available that you can pick up at and return to any Tulsa City-County Library location. Find a TCCL location near you.

There is no cost to families for enrolled children.

No. Registration is ongoing. However, please keep in mind that only children ages birth to 4 years and 11 months old are eligible to receive books. If your child is older than 4 years and 11 months at the time of registration, they will not be eligible for the program.

Reach out to Rebecca Harrison, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library community engagement manager, at 918-549-7485 or imaginationlibrary@tulsalibrary.org. Interpreters for Spanish-speaking customers are available.

Each year, the Blue Ribbon Book Selection Committee, a specially selected panel of early childhood literacy experts, is responsible for reviewing hundreds of potential titles for inclusion in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The Blue Ribbon Book Selection Committee is a part of the Dollywood Foundation in Tennessee and takes great care in choosing books that meet the different needs of children as they progress from birth to age 5. This committee selects books for all national and international affiliates. All books are published by Penguin Random House. For more information, please visit the Imagination Library’s site.

Thanks to a collaborative effort between Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, American Printing House for the Blind (APH), and Penguin Group, USA, an ever-expanding collection of titles will be available as free downloadable children’s audiobooks and for those who prefer, there will be many titles available in braille from APH. These will be offered free of charge to eligible families and may be purchased at a low cost by all others. For more information, please click here.

Yes, the program provides two titles of bilingual (English/Spanish) books per year and is always looking to expand their selection. Unfortunately, there is no option to receive all books as bilingual at this time or to receive bilingual books in languages other than English/Spanish.

Yes!

After registering, it can take six to 12 weeks before the first book will arrive. Books are mailed in groups based on birth year. While each enrolled child in your household will get a new book every month, the books may not arrive on the same day for children of different ages.

The Dollywood Foundation currently does not send out or provide shipment notifications or tracking information. As these books are mailed through the United States Postal Service, you can sign up for their free Informed Delivery program where they will email you a daily preview of your upcoming mail and packages. It is a very helpful and free tool. Click here for more information or to sign up.

Regardless of the number of eligible children in your household, every enrolled eligible child will receive their own personalized book each month.

Each child within an age group receives the same monthly book. Imagination Library makes sure children receive an appropriate book by allocating them to an age group based on their year of birth.

If you move, please log into your account to change the primary address you have listed in your account. Depending on where you move, you may be transferred to another affiliate’s program, or you may be dropped from the program if the community you moved to does not have a program yet. Log into your account to check for availability at your new address.

No. Because we will need to know the exact birth date of your child. To ensure age-appropriate books, it is important to wait until after your child is born to enroll them in the program.

No. You must be the child’s parent or legal guardian to register them for this program.

If you provide an email address with your registration, you will be notified via email when the registration is approved. Please keep in mind that it does take six to 12 weeks for books to start arriving after approval.

All books will be delivered to the address you provided us at registration by the U.S. Postal Service. If you believe that you are having issues with your delivery, please confirm that you have the correct address listed in your account information and then contact the post office closest to your mailing address.

If an email address was added to your child’s record upon registration, this will serve as your username. If you do not know your password, please request a new password using the New Password/Forgot Password link on the login page. If you require further assistance, please contact Rebecca Harrison at imaginationlibrary@tulsalibrary.org.

Make sure your account and mailing address are up to date by going to the login page and verifying your information. If you are unable to resolve your issue, contact Rebecca Harrison at imaginationlibrary@tulsalibrary.org.

We would be happy to speak to your organization about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Please contact imaginationlibrary@tulsalibrary.org. You may also share this registration page to encourage parents to register their child for the program.