Imagination Library Blue Ribbon Selections USA (Core Program)
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library puts books into the hands and hearts of children around the world. Imagination Library books are specially selected age-appropriate, high-quality titles. These books are delivered to registered children each month from birth to age five. Each one is personalized with the child’s name and mailed directly to the child’s home. This effort creates a gifting experience making books exciting and shows the child someone is thinking of them. The Blue Ribbon Book Selection Committee selects several bilingual English/Spanish titles each year.
The first book a child receives is “The Little Engine That Could™” (customized version). The month a child turns five years old, they will receive “Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!” (customized version).
2025 Core Book List – USA
Group 6 (Children born in 2020)
Cinderella — with Dogs!
Rabbit’s Snow Dance
+ The Tree in Me
Joy Takes Root
+ First Day Critter Jitters
You Are a Honey Bee!
• Help Wanted: One Rooster
+ Wild Horses
• Exactly as Planned
• Steppin’ Out
• Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Something Wild
The Power of Yeti
Group 5 (Children born in 2021)
How to Get Your Octopus to School
Full Moon Pups
How to Say Hello to a Worm
A Book for Bear
Danbi’s Favorite Day
The Rabbit Listened
• When You Love a Book
• The Outside
• Being Home
• Enola’s Best Friend
There’s a Monster in Your Book
• A Unicorn, a Dinosaur, and a Shark Were Riding a Bicycle
+ Coat of Many Colors
Group 4 (Children born in 2022)
+ Corduroy
How We Say I Love You
A Little Emotional
This is the Tree We Planted
Nubby
Raindrops to Rainbows
Gift & Box
• Roar-Choo!
Little Owl’s Love
• Jonny Lambert’s Bear and Bird Explore the Seashore
• Gaga Mistake Day
• A Little Like Magic
• What’s New, Daniel?
Somewhere Right Now
• Rocket Ship, Solo Trip
Group 3 (Children born in 2023)
The Animal Song
Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
Squeak!
+ Green Tractor
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Nature Walk
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast
Birding for Babies: Backyard Birds
Dandelion Magic
Ice Cream Face
K is for Kindness
+ Solitary Animals
The Big Slide
Llama Llama Meets the Babysitter
• Buffalo Fluffalo
Group 2 (Children born in 2024)
Where is Your Nose?
Eric Carle’s Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Rhymes
Home Builders
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s First Summer
+ • My First Bilingual Farm
+ Richard Scarry’s 100 First Words
Tad and Dad
• Llama Llama Feelings
“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth
• My Feet Go
• Bedtime, Here I Come!
Little Poems for Tiny Ears
• Play with Me
Llama Llama Red Pajama
Good Night Gorilla
Group 1 (Children born in 2025)
Llama Llama Hide & Seek
Look at the Animals
Can You Guess? Animal Sounds with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Pudgy Pat A Cake
Pudgy Book of Mother Goose
+ Baby Sounds
Baby! Talk!
+ Sleep Tight, Polar Bear
+ Who Says Quack?
• Rainbow Colors Peekaboo!
Roald Dahl Colors
• Signifies a new book to the program
+ Signifies a bilingual English/Spanish title or Hispanic Content
Imagination Library Blue Ribbon Selections USA (Bilingual)
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library puts books into the hands and hearts of children around the world. Imagination Library books are specially selected age-appropriate, high-quality titles. These books are delivered to registered children each month from birth to age five. Each one is personalized with the child’s name and mailed directly to the child’s home. This effort creates a gifting experience making books exciting and shows the child someone is thinking of them. The Blue Ribbon Book Selection Committee selects several bilingual English/Spanish titles each year.
The first book a child receives is “The Little Engine That Could™” (customized version). The month a child turns five years old, they will receive “Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!” (customized version).
2025 Bilingual Book List – USA
Group 6 (Children born in 2020)
Blue Sky, White Stars
Un cielo azul, blancas estrellas
The Tree in Me
El árbol que hay en mí
First Day Critter Jitters
Primer día de clases !qué nervios!
Old Rock (is not boring)
Piedra vieja (no es aburrida)
At the Mountain’s Base
Al pie de la montaña
Wild Horses
Caballos salvajes
Rabbit’s Snow Dance
El baile de la nieve de conejo
Spend It!
¡Gastarlo!
As an Oak Tree Grows
Como crece un roble
• Something Wild
• Algo salvaje
Wonder Walkers
Caminantes curiosos
Daniel Finds a Poem
Daniel encuentra un poema
Group 5 (Children born in 2021)
Ten Ways to Hear Snow
Diez maneras de escuchar la neive
When the Storm Comes
Cuando llega la tormenta
Brick by Brick
Ladrillo a ladrillo
Birds of a Feather
Aves del mismo plumaje
Pup & Bear
cachorro y oso
Goldilocks & the Three Bears (James Marshall Ed)
Ricitos de oro y los tres osos (James Marshall Ed)
Peace is an Offering
La paz es una ofrenda
How to Say Hello to a Worm
Cómo decirle hola a una lombriz
The Ring Bearer
El Pajecito
The Rabbit Listened
El conejo escuchó
Milo’s Hat Trick
El sombrero mágico de Milo
Coat of Many Colors
El abrigo de muchos colores
Group 4 (Children born in 2022)
Corduroy
Corduroy
Families Belong
Juntos en familia
My First Bilingual Out and About
Mi primer bilingüe: afuera y alrededor
Raindrops to Rainbows
De la lluvia al arcoíris
Ocean Lullaby
El arrullo del océano
Baby Builders
Bebés constructores
My First Bilingual Opposites
Mi primer bilingüe: Los opuestos
I Wonder
Me pregunto
Donut
Rosquilla
Abuela
Abuela
Hair Love
Amor de pelo
The Snowy Day
Un día de nieve
Group 3 (Children born in 2023)
I Hear a Pickle
Oigo un pepinillo
Squeak!
¡Hiic!
Green Tractor
Tractor verde
Just One More
Solo uno más
Jake at Gymnastics
Jake hace gimnasia
You Are My I Love You
Tú eres mi yo te quiero
My First Bilingual Playtime
Mi primer bilingüe: La hora de jugar
One Leaf Two Leaves Count with Me
Una hoja Dos hojas Cuenta conmigo
Solitary Animals
Animales solitarios
My First Bilingual Things That Go
Mi primer bilingüe: Cosas que se mueven
Red House Tree House Itty Bitty Brown Mouse
Casa del árbol, casa rojita diminuta ratoncita marroncita
Mine, Mine, Mine, Yours!
¡Mio, Mio, Mio, Tuyo!
Group 2 (Children born in 2024)
I Love My Daddy Becausea
Quiero a mi papá porque…
Where is Your Nose?
¿Dónde está tu nariz?
Little Poems for Tiny Ears
Dulces poemitas para las orejitas
• My First Bilingual Farm
• Mi primera granja bilingüe
Richard Scarry’s 100 First Words
Richard Scarry’s Las primeras 100 palabras
My First Bilingual Body
Mi primer bilingüe: El cuerpo
Sassy: Baby’s First Words
Sassy: Las primeras palabras del bebé
My First Bilingual Shapes
Mi primer bilingüe: Las formas
Nobunny’s Perfect
Ni siquiera un conejito es perfecto
The Very Busy Spider
La araña muy ocupada
Good Morning Farm Friends
Buenos días, amigos de la granja
Vehicles (Picture Show)
Vehículos
Group 1 (Children born in 2025)
Bathtime Peekaboo!
Hora del baño ¡cucú!
Wheels on the Bus
Las ruedas del bus
Baby Night-night
Buenas noches bebé
I Love My Mommy Because
Quiero a mi mamá porque…
Look at the Animals
¡Mira los animales!
Baby Sounds
Los sonidos de bebé
Baby! Talk!
¡Habla, bebé!
Sleep Tight, Polar Bear (Little Loves)
Duerme acurrucadito Osito Polar (Pequeños amores)
Who Says Quack?
¿Quíen dice cuac?
Rainbow Colors Peekaboo!
Arcoíris de colores
Sassy: Bedtime for Baby
Sassy: hora de dormir para el bebé
• Signifies a new book to the program