Dolly Parton will be reading bedtime stories to children for her new series, Goodnight With Dolly.
The series will begin on April 2 at 7pm EST (so, midnight IST) and will run for 10 weeks.
"This is something I have been wanting to do for quite a while, but the timing never felt quite right," she said [via
Rolling Stone].
“I think it is pretty clear that now is the time to share a story and to share some love. It is an honor for me to share the incredible talent of these authors and illustrators. They make us smile, they make us laugh and they make us think.”
The stories include
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper,
There’s a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake by Loren Long,
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney,
I Am a Rainbow and
Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton.
The series will launch on the Imagination Library's YouTube Channel and will include footage of the singer, as well as the interior illustrations from the books.
She also confirmed that the premiere date of her new documentary,
The Library That Dolly Built, has been postponed.
The documentary, which tells the story of the founding of the Imagination Library, was originally scheduled to be released on April 2 - however, it will now premiere the week of September 21 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Imagination Library's founding.
“Although it was the right thing to do, postponing the screening of our documentary was a disappointment. So many of our Imagination Library affiliates had organized events around the nationwide screenings, however things do have a way of working out so the documentary will still have its day," she said.
