The DOE spokesman called the ImaginationLibrary "hugely successful" and said interest in it remained high: The city has been wait-listing parents in hopes the program will resume.
The spokesman said the city expected the program would continue on under the leadership of the New York City ImaginationLibrary Books-from-Birth Foundation, which took it over last fall.
To boost literacy rates in certain ZIP Codes with lesser affluence, New York City signed up with the Dolly Parton ImaginationLibrary to send popular children's titles into homes of children up to age 5.