Dolly Parton’s legacy of putting books into the hands of children is receiving a surge of support in Alabama following the country music icon’s death, with hundreds of residents backing a specialty license plate that would help fund her Imagination Library across the state.

Parton died Tuesday at 80. Beyond a career that produced classics including “Jolene,” “9 to 5” and “I Will Always Love You,” Parton built an extensive philanthropic legacy, with the Imagination Library becoming one of her signature initiatives.

Kaelyn Christian, Alabama state director for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, told Fox News Digital that the proposed plate had…

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