By Holly Gleason
Few things other than a handful of Ritalin can maintain calm and quiet among 60+ children under six. But leave it to Dolly Parton, resplendent in pink, liquid-velvet capri pants and a matching fitted jacket, to enthrall a roomful of little kids with her high-wattage smile and unfettered charm. While she directed her comments to both “the little kids” and “the grown-ups,” it was clear that the children took precedence in her heart as she announced I Believe In You. Her first children’s album arrives digitally on 9/29 and physically on 10/13 from RCA Nashville/Dolly Records. The project grew out of Parton’s Imagination Library, a charity the Country Music Hall of Famer began in 1997 to provide a book every month to the children around Pigeon Forge.
