Officials say the ease on the costs should make it easier for some partnerships to sign up more kids for free books.
CALIFORNIA, USA — A new effort to help get more books in the hands of children across California launches in June.
While there are already dozens of communities benefitting from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, the lift those nonprofit groups have to make will be getting a quite a bit lighter.
“The books are free to the kids, but it costs money to mail them, it costs money to print them. And so the Imagination Library has local partners who are responsible for that, and so now, what’s changed is there’s now a statewide partner and we’re picking up half of the tab,” said California State Librarian Greg Lucas.
In theory, he said the ease on the costs should make it easier for partnerships to sign up more kids.
“By the state stepping in and …