Accession Number: 2011.49.2
Summary/Description: A children's picture book with rhyming text that explores a rainbow of emotions. Hardcover is illustrated. Dust jacket, with same illustration, is included. Author's name on front of dust jacket is raised and has glitter applied to each letter. Braille text is embossed on clear plastic sheets that have an adhesive backing and that have been affixed to the print pages. Book is a presentation copy that the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) presented to Dolly Parton at the public announcement of a partnership between APH and the Dollywood Foundation to provide accessible books to blind and visually impaired children through the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program. Author's handwritten inscription on front free endpaper: "Love, Dolly Parton, 2011."
Author: Parton, Dolly
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: The Dollywood Foundation, started by singer Dolly Parton, provides free books to preschool children in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom through the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (DPIL) program. In 2011, the American Printing House for the Blind and the Dollywood Foundation, announced a partnership that will expand the program to include accessible books for blind and visually impaired children. Beginning in 2012, selected DPIL books will be produced in print/braille by APH and provided free-of-charge to eligible families. The books will also be available to others from APH, as an individual purchase or through the Federal Quota. This copy of Parton's "I Am a Rainbow" was one of two presentation copies of the book, along with two presentation copies of "The Little Engine That Could," presented to Parton by APH Vice President of Public Affairs Gary Mudd during the public announcement at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Books produced for the program will be very similar to the presentation books; the text will be translated into braille that is embossed onto clear acetate sheets and applied to the corresponding print pages.
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2011.49
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publisher Place: New York
Publish Date: c2009
Subjects: Books for children Recreational reading Emotions -- Juvenile fiction
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) of print/braille : col. ill. ; 10.25 x 10.75 in.
