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Children decorating the cardboard train at Dillingham Imagination Library Kick-off

All around Alaska, local Imagination Libraries are building excitement for learning and literacy in their communities.

Whether it’s intimate family nights in Old Harbor or big-audience events in Fairbanks and Juneau, the joys of reading, playing, and engaging with our children comes across.

In Dillingham, they built a giant cardboard train. In Hoonah, there are weekly storytimes and playgroups. In Tok, they add more to local events such as the Migratory Bird Festival or Flag Day.

  • Communities Help Imagination Library Books Come Alive
    Imagination Library is not just a book delivery program; it’s a Get-the-Whole-Community-Involved-in-Reading-to-Kids Program! Family nights, storytimes, big kick-offs, and Book Bashes. Read more >>

  • Ideas Fly at Imagination Library Gathering
    Best Beginnings regularly brings Alaska's Imagination Libraries together to share ideas and problem-solving. Whether a Library is in Fairbanks or Emmonak, Seward or Old Harbor, chances are someone has tried something creative or found a solution that's helpful to others across the state. Here are some of the highlights of October's gathering. Read more >>

  • Nanwalek Into Books
    Books and reading are big in Nanwalek, with Imagination Library both a reflection of and a catalyst for all their focus on literacy. Whether it's summer reading, organizing a community library, or holding "Bingo for Books," Nanwalek makes literacy come alive. Read more >>


News stories about particular events also appear in the participating community pages.

Well done, Alaska!

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When Alaska’s enrollment in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library topped 13,000 children, Parton taped a video message congratulating and thanking Alaskans for making it happen. View video >>

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