A new program will give children in St. Joseph County the opportunity to receive a new book every month for the first five years of their life.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library kicked off this week in St. Joseph County, which allows parents to register their children to receive a new, age appropriate book every month through the age of five.

Country music star Dolly Parton launched the library in 1995 to help the children in East Tennessee.

St. Joe County Parents can register online or at any library in St. Joseph County. Once a child is registered, he or she will receive the first book seven to nine weeks later in the mail.

The Community Foundation will also host a pair of story time events this week to kick off the program.