Who We Are
BEGIN WITH BOOKS is the Charleston County (SC) affiliate of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a global book-gifting program that sends monthly books by mail to babies and toddlers.
An all-volunteer organization, BEGIN WITH BOOKS is operated as an initiative of the Palmetto Project, a South Carolina nonprofit that offers administrative support.
We are shipping over 4,900 books per month directly to the homes of enrolled babies and toddlers in
Adams Run
Awendaw
Charleston's Peninsula (zip codes 29401, 29403, and 29409)
Charleston West Ashley zip 29407
Edisto
Folly Beach
Hollywood-Meggett-Yonges Island
Johns Island
McClellanville
North Charleston (zip codes 29404, 29405, 29406, 29418, and 29420)
Ravenel
Wadmalaw Island
Studies show that children who participate in the Imagination Library:
Enter school ready to learn.
Do better in school.
Have a better chance to become productive members of the community.
WE ARE CHANGING LIVES IN CHARLESTON COUNTY!