Imagination Library Project- Dolly Parton

Part of a recent thread on Reddit:

"Similarly, there is Dolly Parton's Imagination Library project. Free to sign-up. Once you do, they'll mail you a free, age-appropriate book for your child every single month.

They've given away over 60,000,000 books so far".

http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2iz85p/eli5_how_do_amazon_used_booksellers_stay_in/cl71o27

http://imaginationlibrary.com

A reply on the same thread:

On average, children in economically depressed communities have 0-2 age appropriate books in their homes. [And] sixty-one percent of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for their children. 

Children in middle-income communities have an average of 54 books in their homes. 

Children in high-income communities have an average of 199.1 age appropriate books in their homes. 

http://www.heartofamerica.org/literacy.htm