“Happy Birthday, Dolly!” with Tulsa City-County Library

The Imagination Library of Tulsa County is celebrating in style!

By: Value News | Category: In Our Communities | Issue: January 2026

Free Dolly Parton’s Birthday Storytimes are scheduled. Photo courtesy of Tulsa City County Library.

Free Dolly Parton’s Birthday Storytimes are scheduled. Photo courtesy of Tulsa City County Library.

Celebrate Dolly Parton’s 80th birthday with Tulsa City-County Library and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in January. Beginning Monday, Jan. 12, TCCL locations across Tulsa County will offer free Dolly Parton’s Birthday Storytimes that will feature songs, stories, crafts and party favors.

These special storytimes will culminate in Dolly Parton’s Birthday Bash on Saturday, Jan. 17 from 1-5 p.m. at Gathering Place, 2650 S. John Williams Way, in the Williams Lodge. This all-ages birthday celebration will have live music from Sugar Free Allstars, special storytimes, face painting, birthday cake and more!

Dolly Parton’s Birthday Storytime will happen on the following dates:
  • Monday, Jan. 12 from 10:30-11 a.m. at Broken Arrow Library, 300 W. Broadway Ave.
  • Monday, Jan. 12 from 11-11:30 a.m. at Bixby Library, 20 E. Breckenridge.
  • Tuesday, Jan. 13 from 10:15-10:45 a.m. at Bronson Brookside Library, 4607 S. Madison Place.
  • Tuesday, Jan. 13 from 10:30-11 a.m. at South Broken Arrow Library, 3600 S. Chestnut.
  • Wednesday, Jan. 14 from 10:30-11 a.m. at Zarrow Regional Library, 2224 W. 51st St.
  • Wednesday, Jan. 14 from 4-4:30 p.m. at Suburban Acres Library, 4606 N. Garrison Ave.
  • Thursday, Jan. 15 from 10:30-11 a.m. at Tulsa International Airport, 7777 Airport Drive.
  • Thursday, Jan. 15 from 11-11:30 a.m. at Hardesty Regional Library, 8316 E. 93rd St.
  • Friday, Jan. 16 from 11-11:30 a.m. at Martin Regional Library, 2601 S. Garnett Road.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Tulsa City-County Library was launched in 2023 to inspire a love of reading and learning in children. Children enrolled in the Imagination Library receive a free, age-appropriate book every month until their fifth birthday. To learn more and enroll, visit www.tulsalibrary.org/imagination-library.

The Imagination Library of Tulsa City-County Library is paid for through a partnership with the Oklahoma State Department of Education, the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness and private funding through the Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa, an initiative of George Kaiser Family Foundation.

For more information on Dolly Parton’s Birthday Storytimes or Dolly Parton’s Birthday Bash, visit www.tulsalibrary.org/events or call the AskUs line at 918-549-7323.


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