<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><h1 style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1em 0px 0.3em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">American Printing House for the Blind & Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Partnership</span></h1><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br>Audio Books</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) and the Dollywood Foundation began an exciting partnership in the summer of 2011 that expands Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (DPIL) program to provide young blind and visually impaired children with accessible books in audio and print/braille formats!</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thanks to the APH/Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Partnership and the support of Penguin Group USA, the Accessible Books website was established at APH. It offers a growing collection of <a class="highlight" href="http://www.aph.org/dolly-partons-imagination-library/download-now.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; cursor: pointer; ">audio files of Imagination Library books available as free downloads</a>.</span></p><div><h3 style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1.3em 0px 0.3em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NEW! Print/Braille Books</span></h3><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.aph.org/dolly-partons-imagination-library/apply.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; cursor: pointer; ">Apply Now</a> — FREE Print/Braille Books from APH and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Partnership!</strong></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now, selected Imagination Library Books are also available, free-of-charge, in print/braille format. By enrolling in the <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Partners Print/Braille Book Program</strong>, a child is able to receive five free print/braille books each year until reaching his/her 6th birthday.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">APH selects the titles from the current year’s DPIL booklist—those most appropriate for a child with a visual impairment. Print/braille versions are mailed directly to the child’s family.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Is your child a potential braille reader under six years of age?</strong> If yes, <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">APPLY</em> now for the Partners Print/Braille Book Program! Books are limited and enrollment is on a first come/first serve basis. <a href="http://www.aph.org/dolly-partons-imagination-library/apply.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; cursor: pointer; ">Complete and submit our application form here</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">This free service is made possible by generous donors from across the country.</strong> APH welcomes contributions to help defray initial costs and expand the program so that all blind and visually impaired children will benefit from this wonderful service. <a href="http://www.aph.org/donate/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; cursor: pointer; ">Donate Now</a>!</span></p><p class="quote" style="margin: 1em 0px 2em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; text-align: left; "><img class="align_right" src="http://www.aph.org/dolly-partons-imagination-library/images/logo-aph.jpg" alt="" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;margin: 0px 0px 1em 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: right; max-width: 100%; height: auto; width: 250px; "><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">APH President Tuck Tinsley:</strong> <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">"We're excited! What an honor it is to partner with someone like Dolly who is as passionate about literacy as we are. This relationship between The Imagination Library and the American Printing House for the Blind means that blind and visually impaired preschoolers can now be more involved in the experience of reading with their parents."</em></div></strong></p><p class="quote" style="margin: 1em 0px 2em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; text-align: left; "><img class="align_left" src="http://www.aph.org/dolly-partons-imagination-library/images/logo-dpil.jpg" alt="" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; max-width: 100%; height: auto; width: 150px; "><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: inline !important; "><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Ms. Parton:</strong> <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">"Any credit I get is really due to the hard work and fine reputation of all of those who partner with us to bring the love of reading to so many kids. I am just thrilled we can work together to bring this same joy to all children who may have trouble seeing but have no trouble in believing that all of their dreams can come true."</em></div></strong></p><p class="quote" style="margin: 1em 0px 2em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; text-align: left; "><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; display: inline !important; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><h3 style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1.3em 0px 0.3em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">About Dolly Parton's Imagination Library</span></h3><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a part of the Dollywood Foundation, partners with local sponsors in 1,300 communities in 3 countries to provide a quality, age appropriate book each month to preschool children enrolled in the program. For more information, visit<a href="http://www.imaginationlibrary.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; cursor: pointer; ">www.imaginationlibrary.com</a> or the official<a href="http://www.facebook.com/dollysimaginationlibrary" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; cursor: pointer; ">Facebook</a> page.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 1.3em 0px 0.3em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">About the American Printing House for the Blind</span></h3><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">American Printing House for the Blind (APH), founded in 1858, is the world's largest nonprofit organization creating educational, workplace, and independent living products for people who are blind and visually impaired.</span></p><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><br></div></em></div></strong></p><p class="quote" style="margin: 1em 0px 2em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: left; text-align: left; "><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: inline !important; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><br></em></div></strong></p></div></body></html>