Bromley Central Library staffer Ian Dodds has been personally picked by the one and only Dolly Parton as one of four children’s literature selectors for the UK division of her Imagination Library.
The Bromley Times reports: Mr. Dodds said the star spoke very movingly to the audience in the O2 Arena in South-Easton London about her father, telling them he was the most intelligent man she knew but that he had never learnt to read.
He said: “She told us she decided when she had money that’s what she wanted to do with it, make reading accessible for all. I am very passionate about that and have spent my whole career promoting the joys of reading. “I’m not sure people are aware of just how much she has done for literacy in the USA but her scheme is in 40 States and that’s quite amazing” said Dodds.
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