Country music sensation Dolly Parton lends the lyrics of her classic song "Coat of Many Colours" to this heartfelt picture book for young readers.
Dolly Parton is an internationally renowned superstar who has
contributed timeless classics to the world of music entertainment,
including "Jolene," "Coat of Many Colors," and the mega-hit "I Will
Always Love You." She has garnered 7 Grammy Awards, 10 Country
Music Association Awards, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards, 3
American Music Awards and is one of only five female artists to win
the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. She
has written over 3,000 songs and authored 4 books, including the
inspirationalDream More (Putnam) and the children's book, I Am A
Rainbow (Penguin).
Ms. Parton's Dollywood Company provides family entertainment and
hospitality to 5 million guests per year at Dollywood, Splash
Country, Dixie Stampede, Pirate's Voyage, Lumberjack Adventure, and
the Dream More Resort.
In 1988, she began the Dollywood Foundation to inspire children in
her home community to dream more, learn more, do more, and care
more. Currently the foundation offers the Dolly Parton Imagination
Library to communities across America, the United Kingdom,
Australia, Canada, and Belize. The program works with local
partners to give every preschool child a book each month from the
time he or she is born until the child reaches kindergarten.
Currently over 90 million books have been gifted to preschool
children.
Brooke Boynton-Hughes grew up in Colorado, where she spent her time
drawing and hiking with her family.She has a BFA in printmaking
from Colorado State University and an MFA in figurative art from
the New York Academy of Art. To see more of Brooke's work, please
visit www.BrookeBoyntonHughes.com.
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