Dolly Parton To Release First Children’s Album

Dolly Parton is about to release something just for the little ones: a new album.

This fall the country legend will release I Believe In You, her very first children's album. Proceeds will benefit Dolly's Imagination Library, which mails more than a million books to children in Australia, Belize, Canada, United Kingdom and the United States each month.

"My first album was released 50 years ago and it's been an amazing 50 years since then," Dolly offered this week at a Nashville press conference. "I am very excited that now I'm coming out with my first children's album in all of those 50 years. I'm proudest of all that all of the proceeds from this CD will go to the Imagination Library,” Dolly said. "It's been 20 years since the Imagination Library was launched. We've seen 100 million books get into the hands of children and hopefully there will be many more."

The album will feature 14 tracks including spoken audio of her book Coat of Many Colors, read by Dolly herself. The project will be available for download September 29th. Physical copies go on sale October 13th.

Teddy McDonald is a fun-lovin' country music fan man living in Nashville, Tennessee.