Isha Patel, two-year-old daughter of Sam and Pratiksha Patel (above) of Columbus, is one of 41 children in Polk County who are receiving a free book each month from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The Tryon Kiwanis Club is the affiliate for this program in Columbus and Tryon. The club pays the expenses for the books and mailing so that children age birth to five can build up a library of their own. The first book each child receives is “The Little Engine That Could” and the last book received, when they become five years old, is “Look Out Kindergarten Here I Come!” All books are age appropriate. If you have a child under five and would like to register for this program, contact Lynn Montgomery, secretary of the Tryon Kiwanis Club, at 625-0675. (photo submitted)