Dolly Parton charity donates 100 millionth book

(CNN) — Country music legend Dolly Parton was at the Library of Congress Tuesday to dedicate the 100 millionth book from her Imagination Library charity.

The organization mails free books to children from birth to kindergarten.

The 72-year-old performer has said her father’s illiteracy inspired her to start the program in Sevier County, Tennessee, where she grew up.

Since it started in 1995, the Imagination Library has grown from giving books to 2,000 children a month to 1.1 million children a month.