Helping All Little Ones Read 

Children ages 0-4 in Warren County are eligible for HALO (Help All Little Ones) Read, a program that provides a monthly free book with the goal of developing a life-long love of reading.  

The Warren Coalition’s HALO Read program is an affiliate of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library which provides the free books. No registration fee or purchase is required.  

How to Register 

Eligible families can complete the free registration process by downloading the form. Click here to view it. Completed forms can be scanned in and emailed to Joyce@WarrenCoalition.org, or mailed to: 

The Warren Coalition 
PO Box 2058 
538 Villa Avenue 
Front Royal, VA 22630 

Our Partners Who Make HALO Read Possible  

The Imagination Library partners with local organizations that handle the administration of the program and the postage costs. HALO Read is administered by the Warren Coalition, in partnership with Warren County Public Schools and WHAT MATTERS.  

Thanks to the Founding Sponsors of the HALO Read program: 

American Woodmark 
Windcrest Foundation
Middleburg Library Advisory Board  

Many generous individual donors have contributed as well. These donations cover the postage costs each month. 

Click here to support the HALO Read program! 

Making an International Impact 

In addition to the sponsors listed above, Rotary District 7570 provided a collaborative district grant in partnership with the Rotary Club of the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Rotary Club of Warren County and Rotary Club of Front Royal. The Rotary grant will sponsor 100 newborns through the entire five-year program, while also providing literacy materials to the Front Royal Light up Academy and Maisha Home for Children in Uganda.  

More About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library 

Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent early childhood book gifting program in the world. The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation has gifted well over 140 million free books in Australia, Canada, The Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom and the United States. The Imagination Library mails more than 1.7 million high-quality, age-appropriate books each month to registered children from birth to age five. Dolly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading, inspiring them to dream. The impact of the program has been widely researched and results suggest positive increases in key early childhood literacy metrics. Penguin Random House is the exclusive publisher for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.  

Become a Sponsor

Click here to support the HALO Read program!