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00:00:32>> IN 2018, DOLLY PARTON TALKED
00:00:36ABOUT HER IMAGINATION LIBRARY
00:00:39BOOK GIVING PROGRAM, WHICH DONATED OVER 100 MILLION BOOKS
00:00:42FOR A LIFETIME.
00:00:45SHE READ FROM HER BOOK "COAT OF
00:00:48MANY COLORS," WHICH SHE DONATED TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
00:00:52HERE SHE IS BEING INTERVIEWED BY CARLA HAYDEN IN 2018. [APPLAUSE]
00:00:56CARLA: AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME A
00:01:00MULTI-AWARD-WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER AND
00:01:05PHILANTHROPIST MS. DOLLY PARTON. [APPLAUSE]
00:01:08DOLLY: HELLO!
00:01:13HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU SO MUCH!
00:01:16HI THERE!
00:01:19WOW. WELL, HELLO TO ALL OF YOU.
00:01:23HI UP THERE. WELL, IT'S NICE TO BE HERE JUST IN THIS WONDERFUL PLACE, D.C.,
00:01:27AND CERTAINLY HERE IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING YOU HAVE HERE.
00:01:30CARLA: ISN'T IT? IT'S CALLED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:01:34DOLLY: I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY RIGHT. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
00:01:37AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR US, AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY AND EXCITED TO BE HERE.
00:01:40I WAS WATCHING THAT LITTLE FILM BACK THERE ON THE LITTLE PHONE
00:01:44THEY HAD, AND I WAS WATCHING ALL THAT, SEEING HOW ALL THESE
00:01:47THINGS HAVE HAPPENED THROUGH THE YEARS, AND I'M JUST SO PROUD AND
00:01:50SO HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY WITH YOU. CARLA: WELL, WE'RE HONORED THAT
00:01:54YOU'RE HERE, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW --
00:01:56DOLLY: YOU WANT TO SIT?
00:01:58CARLA: YOU ARE ALL ABOUT BOOKS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SIT? I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A FEW
00:02:02QUESTIONS. THEY'VE SEEN US AND THEY KNOW.
00:02:05AND I'M INTERESTED AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR GUESTS ARE INTERESTED IN JUST HOW ALL OF THIS GOT
00:02:08STARTED.
00:02:12WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO CREATE THIS?
00:02:15DOLLY: WELL, ACTUALLY, THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY?
00:02:19I GUESS EVERYBODY HAS THEIR STORY, AND A LOT OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME
00:02:22PERSONALLY. BUT I GREW UP IN THE GREAT SMOKY
00:02:26MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE, AND I GREW UP IN A VERY LARGE FAMILY.
00:02:29THERE'S 12 OTHER KIDS. AND MY DAD WAS A VERY
00:02:33HARD-WORKING MAN.
00:02:35HE GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF 14 OR 15 KIDS. MY DAD NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO GO
00:02:39TO SCHOOL. AND DADDY COULDN'T READ OR
00:02:42WRITE. BUT HE WAS THE SMARTEST PERSON
00:02:45THAT I'VE EVER KNOWN, AND SO I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HIM.
00:02:49AS THE YEARS WENT BY, I SAW HOW IT KIND OF -- HE THOUGHT HE
00:02:52COULDN'T LEARN TO READ AFTER HE WAS GROWN, IT WAS KIND OF JUST
00:02:56ONE OF THOSE THINGS. AND SO I HAD THE IDEA TO DO
00:02:58SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HIM.
00:03:03YOU KNOW IN THE BIBLE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER? I DON'T THINK THAT NECESSARILY MEANS JUST OBEY THEM.
00:03:08I THINK IT MEANS TO BRING HONOR TO THEIR NAME IF YOU CAN.
00:03:12SO I GOT MY DADDY INVOLVED WITH THIS LITTLE PROGRAM, I WANTED
00:03:15HIM TO FEEL LIKE HE WAS PART OF SOMETHING SPECIAL.
00:03:19SO WE STARTED THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY, WHERE WE WERE GIVING
00:03:22BOOKS TO THE CHILDREN IN OUR
00:03:27HOME COUNTY IN SEVEIR COUNTY, WHERE WE WERE BORN AND RAISED. AND SO WE HOPED IT WOULD DO GOOD THERE.
00:03:30AND IT BECAME SUCH A POPULAR
00:03:33PROGRAM THAT THE GOVERNOR OF
00:03:36TENNESSEE AT THAT TIME, HE THOUGHT THE IDEA WAS SO GREAT
00:03:40THEY TOOK IT AND WENT ALL OVER TENNESSEE.
00:03:43AND THEN LATER IT WENT ON INTO CANADA, AND NOW WE'RE ALL OVER
00:03:47THE WORLD IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
00:03:50SO MY DAD GOT TO LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE A LOT OF IT COMING
00:03:53TO BE, AND HE GOT -- HE TOOK SUCH PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT THE
00:03:56LITTLE KIDS CALL ME THE BOOK LADY. HE WAS PROUDER OF THAT THAN ANYTHING.
00:04:00SO IT STARTED FROM A TRUE PLACE
00:04:02IN MY HEART, AND IT'S DONE SO MUCH GOOD FOR SO MANY PEOPLE
00:04:05THROUGH THE YEARS. CARLA: WELL, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO
00:04:08BE CALLED "THE BOOK LADY"?
00:04:12I MEAN, YOU DO SO MUCH. YOU SING AND YOU WRITE AND
00:04:14EVERYTHING. BUT YOU'RE KNOWN SO MUCH AS THE
00:04:17BOOK LADY. DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT YOU'D
00:04:21BE THE BOOK LADY?
00:04:22DOLLY: NO, THAT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
00:04:26BECAUSE I PERSONALLY DIDN'T LIKE SCHOOL. [LAUGHTER]
00:04:31I DO MORE HOMEWORK NOW AT NIGHT WORKING ON ALL THESE PROGRAMS
00:04:34THAN I EVER DID IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I WAS IN SCHOOL. BUT I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEING THE BOOK LADY. THE PAINTED LADY, YES.
00:04:38[LAUGHTER] THE OVEREXAGGERATED, OVERDRESSED LADY, YES.
00:04:42BUT THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY
00:04:45LOOKING AT THE COVER, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]
00:04:52OR EVEN THE 100 MILLIONTH BOOK LOOKING AT THE COVER.
00:04:55CARLA: THAT'S RIGHT. YOU CAN'T TELL. SO YOU LOVE BOOKS AND READING, SO WERE THERE BOOKS THAT SHAPED
00:04:59YOU, YOU HAD FAVORITE BOOKS?
00:05:02DOLLY: WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE BOOKS IN OUR HOME BECAUSE THERE
00:05:05WERE SO MANY OF US KIDS, AND DADDY TOLD US NOT TO BRING BOOKS
00:05:09HOME BECAUSE KIDS JUST CHEW ON 'EM, PEE ON 'EM, DO WHATEVER KIDS DO.
00:05:13[LAUGHTER]
00:05:15HE SAID, "I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY
00:05:19FOR BOOKS." SO WE DIDN'T GET TO BRING BOOKS HOME.
00:05:22ONE BOOK IN OUR HOME WAS THE BIBLE, AND MY MOTHER USED TO ALWAYS READ FROM THE BIBLE, TELL US ALL THE BIBLE STORIES.
00:05:25SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST BOOK THAT WE HAD IN OUR HOME.
00:05:29AND THE ONE THAT MEANT THE MOST AND THAT HAS ACTUALLY FOLLOWED ME MORE THAN ANY BOOK THROUGH MY
00:05:33LIFE. CARLA: AND YOU KEEP READING IT.
00:05:37DOLLY: I DO. IN FACT, I LOVE TO READ, I ALWAYS -- EXCUSE ME.
00:05:41I HAVE TISSUES EVERYWHERE. [LAUGHTER]
00:05:45AND I NEED ONE RIGHT NOW.
00:05:48CARLA: SHADES OF OUR MOTHER.
00:05:51DOLLY: BUT ANYWAY, I LOVE TO READ, AND I DO WHATEVER IT
00:05:58I LOVE TO READ. I DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
00:06:04I LOVED ALL THE FAIRYTALES. I WANTED TO READ ALL THE BOOKS
00:06:07ABOUT THE KINGS AND THE QUEENS,
00:06:10SO BOOKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A REALLY SPECIAL THING FOR ME.
00:06:16CARLA: BUT WITH YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE HOW DO YOU MAKE TIME TO READ?
00:06:19YOU WERE STILL PERFORMING AND DOING SO MANY THINGS?
00:06:21DOLLY: WELL, I ALWAYS TAKE TIME
00:06:25TO READ TO, EVERYBODY WHO DOES
00:06:27LOVE TO READ, YOU WILL FIND TIMES TO READ.
00:06:31I DO SOME OF MY BEST THINKING WHEN I'M READING IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
00:06:34I READ AT LEAST 52 BOOKS A YEAR,
00:06:38A BOOK A WEEK I TRIED TO READ.
00:06:41I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A READER.
00:06:45THERE IS PART OF MY BRAIN THAT CAN THINK OF OTHER THINGS.
00:06:48BUT IT DOES RELAX MY BODY AND I
00:06:50HAVE JUST ALWAYS LOVED TO READ
00:06:53BECAUSE I THINK IN BOOKS, I THINK WITH KIDS, THE BOOKS THAT
00:06:56THEY READ IT KIND OF INSPIRES
00:06:57YOU TO DREAM AND IF YOU CAN
00:07:01DREAM, THAT WILL LEAD YOU TO SUCCESS AND TO OTHER THINGS AND
00:07:05THAT IS WHY I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO GET THE BOOKS IN
00:07:09THE HANDS OF THE SPECIAL LITTLE KIDS SO THEY CAN START.
00:07:13CARLA: YOU MAKE TIME FOR READING.
00:07:18DOES ANY OF THE READING HELP YOU WITH SOME OF YOUR SONGWRITING?
00:07:24SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU READ ABOUT?
00:07:26DOLLY: THESE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS
00:07:28AND YES, I'M REALLY INSPIRED BY PEOPLE IN GENERAL JUST LIKE THE
00:07:32LITTLE KIDS. A LOT OF THE THINGS I WRITE, I
00:07:37HAVE A CHILDREN CDL CALLED "I BELIEVE IN YOU."
00:07:43A LOT OF THE SONGS ARE INSPIRED
00:07:47BY THE BOOKS IN THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY.
00:07:50"THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD"
00:07:52IS THE FIRST BOOK THAT WE GIVE
00:07:56OUT AT THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY. I'M REALLY INSPIRED BY LOOKING
00:08:00AT THESE FACES TODAY.
00:08:03I WILL BE ON SOMETHING AND THINK SOMETHING IN WHO KNOWS WHAT IDEA
00:08:07IT MIGHT TRIGGER IN ME LATER ON TO WRITE A SONG.
00:08:09WHEN YOU WRITE YOU JUST GO BY
00:08:13FEELINGS AND WHAT TOUCHES YOU AND HOW IT TOUCHES YOU AND THEN
00:08:16YOU FIND A WAY TO PUT IT INTO A SONG.
00:08:22CARLA: YOU MENTIONED SOMETIMES
00:08:26THE BOOKS CAN INSPIRE FEELINGS AND THINGS IN CHILDREN.
00:08:30YOU BELIEVED IN WHAT BOOKS ME IN AND CAN MEAN IN CHILDREN.
00:08:34I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN AND I FELT THAT AS A CHILD.
00:08:36DOLLY: YOU OF ALL PEOPLE KNOW
00:08:40BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR HOW MANY YEARS? CARLA: TOO LONG.
00:08:45I REMEMBER THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
00:08:50YOU BELIEVE THAT ALSO? DOLLY: I DO. I THINK WE ARE INSPIRED BY
00:08:56EVERYTHING AND CHILDREN INSPIRE ME, I'M SURE THEY DO YOU.
00:09:01BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A WORLD IN EVERY LITTLE CHILD. THERE IS A WHOLE WORLD.
00:09:06THEY ARE GOING TO SEE IT.
00:09:10THEY ARE GOING TO ADD TO THE WORLD AS THEY SEE FIT AND
00:09:12ACCORDING TO THEIR TALENTS AND THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
00:09:17THAT WE LEARN TO LOVE BOOKS AND
00:09:21READ AND BE INSPIRED BY THAT BECAUSE JUST LIKE WITH MY DAD,
00:09:24MY DAD COULDN'T READ, BUT HE
00:09:27REALLY WAS SMART, HE PICKED UP ON THINGS.
00:09:30HE WAS REALLY INTUITIVE.
00:09:33IF YOU CAN READ EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GO TO
00:09:36SCHOOL ESPECIALLY ANYMORE, YOU
00:09:38CAN FIND A BOOK, IF YOU CAN READ
00:09:41ON ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW, YOU CAN EDUCATE YOURSELF, YOU
00:09:45CAN ALWAYS GO TO COLLEGE EVEN,
00:09:48PICK UP THOSE KINDA BOOKS EVEN IF YOU CAN'T GET OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE.
00:09:52YOU CAN EDUCATE YOURSELF TO
00:09:54WHERE YOU CAN KNOW ABOUT THINGS AND ACTUALLY JUST INCREASE YOUR
00:09:59INTELLIGENCE ANDT THE WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU.
00:10:04CARLA: WHAT ABOUT OWNING A BOOK
00:10:09AND SAYING, THIS IS MY BOOK, THIS HAS MY NAME AND IT.
00:10:11DOLLY: THAT IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
00:10:15THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY.
00:10:18WE WANTED THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO
00:10:21HAVE THAT BOOK, THEY GET A BOOK BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T REALLY
00:10:25KNOW THE WHOLE THING.
00:10:29THEY GET A BOOK A MONTH UNTIL THEY START KINDERGARTEN.
00:10:34WE SEND THE BOOK IN THE MAIL.
00:10:38THEY GOT THEIR LITTLE NAME ON IT
00:10:44AND THEY SAY, THIS IS MINE, THEY GET TO THE MAILBOX AND TO THEM
00:10:47IT IS PERSONAL SO THEY ARE GOING
00:10:52TO TAKE THAT IN THE HOUSE AND MAKE SOMEBODY READ IT TO THEM.
00:10:56IT IS MY STUFF. [LAUGHTER] SO I REALLY THINK THAT HAS BEEN
00:11:00A REAL IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE
00:11:03THEY ARE ALSO SHARING IT WITH THEM, THE KIDS.
00:11:09BECAUSE ALL THE THINGS I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE, THIS IS ONE OF THE
00:11:12MOST PRECIOUS THINGS THAT I'VE
00:11:16EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN IN MY LIFE IS WORKING WITH THEM.
00:11:25CARLA: AFTER GETTING A BOOK A
00:11:28MONTH THEY ARE HAVING THEIR OWN
00:11:34LIBRARY. THEY LOVE SHARING THAT.
00:11:45CARLA: THEY HAVE LETTERS THAT
00:11:49TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY ARE NOT IN THE PROGRAM.
00:11:51DOLLY: WE GET LETTERS WHEN THE
00:11:54KIDS ARE IN THE PROGRAM, WE GET LETTERS ALL THE TIME FROM
00:11:57PARENTS AND KIDS BUT SOME OF THE
00:11:59SWEETEST LETTERS WE GET, THE FIRST WHEN I GOT WAS FROM A
00:12:03LITTLE BOY THAT HAD GRADUATED FROM THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY.
00:12:08HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD AND HE WAS REALLY BUMMED OUT ABOUT IT.
00:12:12HE WAS MAD BECAUSE HE WANTED ME
00:12:14TO CONTINUE TO SEND HIM BOOKS AND HE THOUGHT, THIS IS NOT
00:12:18RIGHT THAT I CAN'T CONTINUE TO GET BOOKS.
00:12:21THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THEM. I WROTE HIM BACK A SWEET LETTER
00:12:25AND EXPLAINED HOW WE DO IT IN
00:12:27THIS WAY, HE WAS PREPARED BECAUSE HE WAS LOSING HIS MIND TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
00:12:32WE GET A LOT OF SWEET LETTERS.
00:12:37CARLA: AND THEN HE CAN GET A LIBRARY CARD. [LAUGHTER]
00:12:40DOLLY: YEAH.
00:12:43CARLA: THAT YOU EVER THINK YOU
00:12:45WOULD GET TO 100 MILLION BOOKS WHEN YOU STARTED? THAT IS PHENOMENAL.
00:12:49DOLLY: NOW WHEN WE STARTED.
00:12:53IT WAS A VERY PERSONAL THING WHEN WE STARTED.
00:12:56I JUST HOPED THAT IT WOULD DO GOOD IN OUR COUNTY.
00:13:00AS I MENTIONED IT JUST GREW AND GREW.
00:13:04AT THE TIME IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING I WAS DOING FOR MY DAD
00:13:08AND THE KIDS IN OUR HOME COUNTY.
00:13:10THANK THE LORD, HE WAS GOOD, NOW
00:13:15WE'VE GOT DAVID.
00:13:20[APPLAUSE] HE WORKED SO HARD.
00:13:28I TAKE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THE
00:13:32FOLKS AT THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY
00:13:34DO BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT THERE MAKING SURE ALL THESE WONDERFUL
00:13:38THINGS HAPPEN.
00:13:42I JUST GET OUT AND TALK ABOUT IT
00:13:44AND DO MY PART, BUT IT IS ALWAYS
00:13:48LIKE THAT WITH ANYTHING YOU ARE PROUD OF.
00:13:51IT TAKES A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE
00:13:53TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND WE OWE THE REAL THANKS TO THE
00:13:57COMMUNITIES AND THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED, THE ORGANIZATIONS
00:14:01THAT GET INVOLVED, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING MY DREAMS COME TRUE.
00:14:05IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY TAKES A LOT OF PRIDE IN.
00:14:10HOW CAN YOU NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT? HELLO.
00:14:16IT IS A GOOD FEELING ALL AROUND. IT IS A WIN-WIN AS THEY SAY.
00:14:20CARLA: AS I SAID AT THE
00:14:24BEGINNING, WE ARE SO HONORED THAT THE 100 MILLIONTH BOOK.
00:14:27DOLLY: THAT IS A LOT OF BOOKS.
00:14:29CARLA: WILL BE GIVEN TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
00:14:33[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE AN UNVEILING.
00:14:37DOLLY: I JUST WANT TO SAY
00:14:41HONORED I AM BEFORE WE PULL THAT LITTLE THING OFF, THAT YOU HAVE
00:14:43TAKEN THIS TO HEART AND THAT WE
00:14:47WILL NOW HAVE THIS BOOK THAT I
00:14:50CAN ACTUALLY HAVE HERE FOREVER
00:14:52FOR ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN ALL
00:14:55OVER THE WORLD CERTAINLY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HERE IN
00:14:58D.C., A WONDERFUL PLACE TO HAVE THIS.
00:15:01WE HAVE ONE MILLION BOOKS SO FAR
00:15:07AND MAYBE WE WILL BE BACK TO OUR BILLIONTH BOOK. [APPLAUSE]
00:15:11CARLA: IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND THERE IT IS.
00:15:16100 MILLION BOOKS. [APPLAUSE]
00:15:17DOLLY: AND THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE.
00:15:21THIS IS THE "COAT OF MANY COLORS
00:15:24," THIS LADY RIGHT HERE LET ME MENTION HER NAME.
00:15:28WHAT IS YOUR NAME AGAIN? [LAUGHTER]
00:15:31CARLA: THIS IS THE PERSON WHO DREW THE PICTURES.
00:15:35DOLLY: BROOKE HUGHES ILLUSTRATED THE BOOK.
00:15:41ANYWAY, SHE ILLUSTRATED THIS.
00:15:44>> IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE A
00:15:47PART OF THE PROJECT AND I LOVE
00:15:49GETTING TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR SONG.
00:15:53DOLLY: THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO
00:15:57ME BECAUSE I WAS TALKING ABOUT MY DAD.
00:16:03TO MAKE THEM ALL FEEL SPECIAL
00:16:06WITH NO MONEY, SHE TOLD ME THE
00:16:13STORY ABOUT JOSEPH AND THE COAT OF MANY COLORS WHEN SHE WAS
00:16:16MAKING ME A RAGGEDY COAT I REALLY NEEDED.
00:16:24SHE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO GIVE ME SOME PRIDE IN IT.
00:16:29THIS LITTLE BOOK IS REALLY MORE THAN A STORY AND IT IS MORE THAN
00:16:31A SONG, IT IS ABOUT LOVE AND
00:16:35ATTITUDE AND ACTUALLY IT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE AN ANTI-BULLYING BOOK.
00:16:39THEY EVEN USE THIS IN SOME
00:16:41CLASSROOMS TO TALK ABOUT ANTI-BULLYING AND I WANT KIDS TO
00:16:45KNOW THAT IT IS OK TO BE HOW YOU ARE AND WHO YOU ARE.
00:16:48IT'S GOOD TO BE DIFFERENT, WE
00:16:50CAN'T ALL BE THE SAME, WE HAVE TO LOVE THE DIFFERENCE AND
00:16:54ACCEPT THE DIFFERENCE IN EACH OTHER ALSO.
00:16:57THIS BOOK IS ABOUT LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING. SO THANK YOU.
00:17:00CARLA: AND THANK YOU.
00:17:04AND I SEE YOU HAVE THE COAT HERE.
00:17:05DOLLY: THIS LITTLE COAT IS A
00:17:08REPLICA OF THE COKE MY MOM MADE FOR ME BECAUSE PEOPLE USE TO
00:17:12SEND US BIG BOXES OF SCRAPS
00:17:14BECAUSE MAMA USED TO MAKE ALL OF OUR CLOTHES AND THE QUILTS FOR
00:17:18OUR BEDS AND THE CURTAINS FOR OUR WINDOWS AND SHE WOULD MAKE
00:17:22SCRAPS THAT PEOPLE WOULD SEND TO US. SHE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OF ONE
00:17:26FABRIC TO MAKE ME A COAT, SO THAT IS WHY SHE USED THE PIECES
00:17:29AND THEN SHE WOULD TELL ME THE STORY FROM THE BIBLE SO THAT IS
00:17:33WHAT THIS LITTLE COAT IS.
00:17:36THAT LITTLE SONG IN THE STORY HAS LIVED FOREVER.
00:17:40WE EVEN HAVE A COUPLE OF MOVIES ON TV ABOUT THE LITTLE COAT AND
00:17:44THEY GOT GOOD RATINGS.
00:17:46THEY ARE ABOUT FAMILY AND LOVE
00:17:49AND IT IS GOOD TO FEEL THAT WARMTH AND LOVE AND ABOUT
00:17:53PARENTS BECAUSE THIS DAY AND TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAMILY STUFF.
00:17:58THERE ARE SO MUCH STUFF GOING ON OUT THERE THAT I LOVE BEING ABLE
00:18:01TO TOUCH THE KIDS AND TELL THE STORIES AND FOR THEM TO FEEL
00:18:04WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK THEN.
00:18:07IT IS REALLY LIKE HOW IT SHOULD BE NOW WITH THE LOVE AND
00:18:10ACCEPTANCE AND UNDERSTANDING NOT
00:18:13JUST OTHERS, BUT YOUR PARENTS AS WELL.
00:18:15CARLA: WELL, WE HAVE ALSO A
00:18:20SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IS PART
00:18:23OF THE IMAGINATION LIME --
00:18:28LIBRARY AND TO CELEBRATE WITH
00:18:30THE PROGRAM, THE LAST FRIDAY AND EVERY MONTH IS GOING TO BE A
00:18:35SPECIAL IMAGINATION LIBRARY STORY TIME.
00:18:39AND THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AND SO WHAT WILL BE LIVESTREAMED TO
00:18:44LIBRARIES AROUND THE COUNTRY SO
00:18:45PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE AND WE
00:18:48ARE DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE
00:18:50AGREED TO KICK IT OFF AND
00:18:53ACTUALLY READ RIGHT HERE AND START THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY
00:18:56STORY TIME AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
00:18:59DOLLY: WELL I CAN DO THAT.
00:19:03I GUESS YOU WANT ME TO READ THE COAT OF MANY COLORS BOOK.
00:19:06CARLA: AND WE LOVE THIS BOOK.
00:19:08DOLLY: ARE WE GOING DOWN?
00:19:10CARLA: I THINK WE ARE GOING DOWN
00:19:14BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE A LITTLE CLOSER. WE ARE COMING IN OR DOWN.
00:19:18DOLLY: YOU BE CAREFUL.
00:19:22YOU HOLD ONTO ME AND I WILL HOLD ONTO HIM. HELLO.
00:19:26HELLO, KITTIES.
00:19:28DO YOU WANT ME TO READ A BOOK TO YOU? YOU DO?
00:19:33I'M GOING TO. I'VE GOT TO GET MY BOOK LADY
00:19:37GLASSES ON THOUGH SO I CAN SEE THEM.
00:19:41HOW IS THAT? DO I LOOK LIKE THE BOOK LADY NOW.
00:19:44THIS IS CALLED, IT SAYS DOLLY
00:19:48PARTON, THAT'S MY NAME, AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
00:19:53WELL, NICE TO SEE YOU, SAMMY.
00:19:55THIS SAYS "COAT OF MANY COLORS,"
00:19:58AND IT HAS THE LITTLE GIRL, THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ME.
00:20:04IT HAS THE COAT.
00:20:09LET ME FIND MY REAL PAGE HERE.
00:20:11IT STARTS WITH ALL THESE PRETTY
00:20:15PICTURES AND MY MOM AND MY DAD AND SOME OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN HERE.
00:20:20IT SAYS BACK THROUGH THE YEARS I GO WONDERING ONCE AGAIN, BACK TO
00:20:24THE SEASONS OF MY YOUTH AND I
00:20:27RECALL A BOX OF RAGS THAT
00:20:30SOMEONE GAVE US AND HOW MY MAMA
00:20:32PUT THOSE RAGS TO USE.
00:20:34THERE WERE RAGS OF MANY COLORS
00:20:37BUT EVERY PIECE WAS SMALL BUT I
00:20:39DIDN'T HAVE A COAT SO MY MAMA
00:20:44SOLD THE RAGS TOGETHER SHE SOLD
00:20:47EVERY PIECE WITH LOVE AND MADE
00:20:52THE COAT OF MANY COLORS I WAS SO
00:20:53PROUD OF AND AS SHE SOLD, SHE
00:20:59TOLD A STORY ABOUT A COAT OF MANY COLORS.
00:21:01AND THEN SHE SAID I HOPE THIS
00:21:05COAT WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK AND HAPPINESS AND I COULDN'T
00:21:08WAIT TO WEAR AT AN MAMA BLESSED IT WITH A KISS.
00:21:13SO, THE PATCHES ON MY BRITCHES
00:21:16AND THE HOLES IN BOTH MY SHOES
00:21:26AND I HEARD THE OTHERS LAUGHING
00:21:29MAKING FUN OF MY COAT OF MANY COLORS.
00:21:31♪ IN MY COAT MY MAMA MADE FOR
00:21:38ME, MADE FROM RAGS BUT I WORE IT SO PROUDLY
00:21:42AND ALTHOUGH WE HAD NO MONEY I WAS RICH AS I COULD BE
00:21:46IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS
00:21:49MAMA MADE FOR ME. ♪ AND SO WITH
00:21:55PATCHES ON MY BRITCHES AND HOLES
00:21:56ABOVE MY SHOES IN MY COAT OF
00:22:00MANY COLORS I HURRIED OFF TO SCHOOL JUST TO FIND THE OTHERS
00:22:04LAUGHING AND MAKING FUN OF ME IN
00:22:06MY COAT OF MANY COLORS THAT MAMA
00:22:09MADE FOR ME AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE I FELT I
00:22:12WAS RICH AND I TOLD THEM OF THE
00:22:17LOVE MAMA SOWED IN EVERY STITCH
00:22:19I EVEN TOLD THEM ALL THAT STORY
00:22:22MAMA TOLD ME WHILE SHE SEWED WHY
00:22:26MY COAT OF MANY COLORS WAS WORTH MORE THAN ALL THEIR CLOTHES.
00:22:30♪ BUT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT AND I TRIED TO MAKE THEM SEE
00:22:35THAT ONE IS ONLY POOR ONLY IF THEY CHOOSE TO BE ♪
00:22:41IT'S TRUE WE HAD NO MONEY BUT I WAS RICH AS I COULD BE
00:22:44♪ IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS
00:22:48MAMA MADE FOR ME ♪
00:22:51BECAUSE MAMA MADE IT JUST FOR ME. THE END. [APPLAUSE]
00:22:55TA-DA! [APPLAUSE]
00:22:59DID YOU LIKE THAT? OK.
00:23:04THERE IS THE COAT OF MANY COLORS. I'M GOING TO GO BACK UP ON STAGE
00:23:08FOR A MINUTE.
00:23:15OK, SO HERE WE ARE.
00:23:19I GOT TO THAT PART AND I THOUGHT, WHY NOT JUST SAYING IT?
00:23:22I GUESS THEY HADN'T HEARD THAT.
00:23:30CARLA: ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE
00:23:33HERE TODAY, YOU ARE GOING TO GET
00:23:40YOUR OWN COPY OF YOUR COAT OF MANY COLORS. [APPLAUSE]
00:23:46YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY WITH YOU AS YOU LEAVE.
00:23:50YOU WILL HAVE A SPECIAL CD,
00:23:54SOMETHING YOU CAN PLAY WITH THE MUSIC AND YOU CAN HEAR MS.
00:24:02APRTON'S VOICE. WE ARE SOMEBODY COULD BE HERE. REMEMBER READING IS FUN. DOLLY: IT IS.
00:24:06CARLA: WE HAVE THE BOOK LADY IN THE LIBRARY LADY.
00:24:10DOLLY: YES, WE DO. CARLA: A NEW PARTNERSHIP.
00:24:14[APPLAUSE] DOLLY: THANK YOU.
00:24:17CARLA: THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
00:24:20WE ARE GOING TO HEAD OUT AND GIVE OUT THE BOOKS. DOLLY: THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
00:24:23CARLA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
00:24:27[CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2026] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS
00:24:31CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] >> COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR DOLLY
00:24:35PARTON HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 80.
00:24:38SHE HAD 25 NUMBER ONE HITS, SHE
00:24:41WAS ALSO HEAVILY DECORATED WITH
00:24:44AWARDS INCLUDING 11 GRAMMYS,
00:24:48THREE ENEMIES, ONE OSCAR, AND
00:24:50ONE TONY AWARD ALONG WITH MULTIPLE GOLDEN GLOBES.
00:24:55SHE DONATED OVER MORE THAN 100 MILLION BOOKS IN HER LIFETIME
00:24:58THROUGH HER I