For several years there has been a waiting list in Sangamon County for children to receive free books through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (DPIL), a program that helps get children ready for kindergarten, beginning at birth. This week United Way, which administers the program, announces that an anonymous donor has come forward with a donation of $70,000 to pay for the current waiting list of 781 children and add a cushion for new enrollees. A committee is now working to help get the program sustained so that no child needs to be put on another waiting list. Reading is the key to learning, and if every child could be exposed to books and reading from birth, success in kindergarten and beyond will be more likely.