Lifelong Readers
Friday Friends Storytime
Join us on Fridays at 9:30 & 10:30 am for learning fun with stories, songs and bubbles! Friday Friends is held in Hannah’s Reading Garden from May through September and inside the rest of the year. Download the Preschool to Pathway’s event flyer below.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Click the button below to download your first tracker page. Bring it to the Information Desk when completed to receive your prize and the rest of your tracking logs. You’ll receive a free book for every 100 milestone you reach! Ages 0-5
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Sign up online to receive a book in the mail each month. Learn more about the program below. Ages 0-5
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Library was launched in 1995 by The Dollywood Foundation, providing free books to children in Parton’s home area of Sevier County, Tennessee. The goal of the program is to inspire a love of books and reading among children. All books are selected by this international organization and are provided at no cost to participants.
Tazewell County’s Imagination Library
Tazewell County’s Imagination Library program was organized in 2024 by supporters in our local libraries. Local donors were needed to cover postage costs associated with delivering the free books to individual homes, secure ongoing support, and provide a foundation for sustainable giving. The Tazewell County Freemasonry stepped up to provide initial funding, with multiple other donors (listed below) joining to support the venture. All we are missing is you!
Register Your Child
Children can only be registered by a parent or guardian. There is no charge to register or receive the books. Age-appropriate books are mailed directly to the homes of registered children each month, about eight to 10 weeks after their forms are received. The first book distributed is always the children’s classic, “The Little Engine That Could” .
Parents or guardians may register their children online by filling out a brief form at imagination library.com.
Imagination Library of Tazewell County
The Dollywood Foundation covers the cost of the books. Local partners cover the mailing costs. Tazewell County’s Imagination Library program is funded by donations, with a 50% match given by the State of Illinois. In order to receive this match, we must acquire funding to cover the entirety of Tazewell County.
Although we rely heavily on Community Organizations for funding, individuals are also needed to support this important literacy program. Donations are tax deductible and flow through a fund at the Morton Community Foundation.
Please mail contributions to:
Morton Community Foundation
ATTN: Imagination Library Fund
135 S. First Avenue, Morton, IL 61550
Book Clubs
Books & Banter – Group reads a variety of genres and meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:30 or 6:30 whichever is more convenient for you each month. Current details are available on our program calendar. We always welcome new attendees! Request to join our Facebook page to stay in the know.
Required Reading – In this book club, we chat about titles from high school and college reading lists. Do the classics hold up? Join us at 1:30pm or 6:30 pm on the second Thursday of the month. Check the Program Calendar for monthly titles.
Do you facilitate a book club? We can help you! Order multiple copies for your next meeting and have your members pick up their book here. Talk to the Checkout Desk staff to get started.
