Making sense in the city: Dolly Parton, early reading and educational policy-making

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Making sense in the city: Dolly Parton, early reading and educational policy-making

In this paper, we present a case study of a philanthropic literacy initiative, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a book-gifting scheme for under 5s, and consider the impact of the scheme on literacy policy in the English city where it was introduced. We bring four lenses to bear on the case s...

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Main Authors:	Hall, Christine, Jones, Susan
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley 2016
Subjects:	literacy policy; philanthropy; book gifting
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50185/

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