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Dolly Parton Announces First Children's Album, "I Believe In You"

All of the proceeds for the album will go to Parton's charity, the Imagination Library.

In the 50 years since Dolly Parton's debut she has released 43 studio albums, and now for the first time in that half-century she is releasing her first children's album.

I Believe In You is her first album written for kids and will be released digitally September 29, followed by a physical release on October 13. All of the proceeds for the album will go to Parton's charity, the Imagination Library, which delivers free books to children.

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“My first album was released 50 years ago and it’s been an amazing 50 years since then,” Parton said in a news conference announcing the album. “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. 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.”

Parton wrote and sang all 14 tracks on the album, and includes a new recording of Parton's classic song "Coat of Many Colors." The song, about Parton's childhood, inspired a children's book and the 2015 TV movie, Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love. I Believe In You will also include a bonus track of Parton reading the book version of "Coat of Many Colors."

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DOLLY PARTON'S COAT OF MANY COLORS -- Pictured: Dolly Parton -- (Photo by: Quantrell Colbert/NBC)

Parton's last album was 2016's Pure & Simple, a collection of songs inspired by love, and her 50-year marriage to her husband, Carl Dean.

Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love is nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie and after the success of last year's special, Parton revealed to Rolling Stone that the next movie about her life will be inspired by her homewrecker country classic, "Jolene."

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