TN's Early Literacy Month Celebrating efforts to strengthen early literacy in Tennessee We are excited to celebrate the first annual Tennessee's Early Literacy Month! Join us in September as we highlight the early literacy efforts in Tennessee and spread the word...
Launch of Birthing Hospital Initiative at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation recently celebrated the launch of an Imagination Library enrollment partnership with the American Red Cross to support babies born at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital...
TN Imagination Library Volunteers Impact Early Literacy
#ThisIsWhatLiteracyLooksLike...TN Imagination Library volunteers This week, National Volunteer Week, Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) celebrates the 700+ volunteers who lend their time, talent, voice and support to the Imagination Library...
Celebrating 15 Years and 35+ Million Books
Literacy looks like books.Books look like the Imagination Library.Governor's Books from Birth Foundation and TN's Imagination Library look like... As we celebrate the 15th anniversary of Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF), we also celebrate 15 years of...
Delta Dental Awards Grants to Imagination Library Programs & Challenges TN Communities
Teaching Our Children to Read:Delta Dental's New Year Challenge to TN Communities Delta Dental of Tennessee (Delta Dental) partnered with Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) to award the third annual “Bigger Smiles” grants to...
James Pond to Serve as President of Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation
The Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) Board of Directors announces James Pond as president of GBBF, the early childhood literacy organization that mails 286,000+ books to Tennessee children each month. Since 2004, GBBF has continued to sustain the...
Dolly Parton Recognizes TN as 1st Statewide Imagination Library Program
Dolly Parton joined Gov. Bill Haslam, First Lady Crissy Haslam and Gov.-elect Bill Lee to celebrate Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) and Tennessee’s Imagination Library program at the Tennessee Executive Residence on Monday, November 26. At the...
First Lady Crissy Haslam Named Lipscomb’s Innovator in Education
First Lady Crissy Haslam was awarded as the 2018 Lipscomb College Innovator in Education, in honor of her dedication to early literacy and support of Tennessee’s efforts statewide, including Governor's Books from Birth Foundation, Tennessee's Imagination Library....
First Lady Crissy Haslam delivers 5 Millionth Book for Imagination Library of Middle TN
Imagination Library of Middle Tennessee, local affiliate of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, celebrated the distribution of its 5 millionth book on November 14, 2018 at Fannie Battle Day Home for Children. Imagination Library of Middle Tennessee, in...
Tennessee State Museum Launches Weekly Imagination Library Storytime
Governor's Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) partnered with the newly renovated Tennessee State Museum to launch a weekly Imagination Library Storytime in the children’s area, featuring an Imagination Library book and special guest reader each week....