11/10/2023 0 Comments Dolly dodo kids book![]() Of course, I remember the first little book that we have in our Imagination Library is called "The Little Engine That Could." And that little book was amazing to me because it talked about same thing - confidence. So they'd just tell us, don't bring books home. If they got chewed up or peed on or whatever kids do in a house like ours - we had one kid after another - Daddy couldn't afford to pay for that. PARTON: No, we didn't have books at home 'cause we had too many kids. But kids always remember things like that - your first deep hurt.īLOCK: When you were growing up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, do you remember having books at home? Was reading, was writing part of your childhood? But anyway, I remember crying so hard and hurting and was even hurt at Mama 'cause I felt like she'd kind of deceived me somehow. Of course, they were poor too, but I guess we were poorer. And the kids all laughed and said it was just rags, and I didn't look like Joseph and that we're poor and all that. And, boy, I thought I would just really look just like Joseph, and I was so proud of it and wore it to school. When she made that coat, she told me that story about Joseph in the Bible. PARTON: (Singing) My coat of many colors that my mama made for me - made only from rags, but I wore it so proudly. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "COAT OF MANY COLORS") And I have a song and a book called the "Coat Of Many Colors." Well, actually, I remember even years before that, I got really bullied. And I wonder if you remember feeling that way as a kid - as that 13-year-old Dolly Parton. And I must confess I'm really hooked.īLOCK: So this song, "Puppy Love," you're singing - apart from the puppy love part, you're singing about a mean boy who pulls your pigtails, and he won't carry your books, and he rags on your looks. You're meaner to me than a mean ole crook. The next time you see me, you'll rag on my looks. PARTON: (Singing) Sometimes you won't even carry my books. I'm old enough now to kiss and hug, and I like it. (Singing) Puppy love, puppy love, they all call it puppy love. ![]() It's called "Puppy Love." Let's hear a little bit of it. It's called - and it's appropriate for this conversation. You were 13 years old, and it's a song you wrote. And I was listening to the first song that you recorded way back in 1959. And they were all kind of in it together, all there for the same reasons and just keeping on with their dreams, and they wound up winning the contest.īLOCK: You know, that idea of standing up to bullies or, you know, overcoming people who mock you or make fun of you, I'm thinking it's a theme that runs through a whole bunch of your music. And then, of course, he's got to dress up and be ready for country music 'cause it's a story about him coming to Nashville, trying to make it in the business and being discouraged, feeling sad and meeting some friends that gave him confidence. He's got his little guitar, which I kind of based loosely on my first little guitar, which was a little baby Martin guitar. PARTON: Well, he likes to dress up, especially when he'd audition for a show like he does in the book. In the book, he's wearing a red and white bow tie, looking very stylish. He's got those ears that stand straight up. So it's really got a lot of meaningful things, I think, for children.īLOCK: What kind of dog is Billy in real life?īLOCK: A French bulldog - and there's a picture of you with him. It's about confidence and about standing up to bullies and that sort of thing. And so we got the idea that maybe I should write books with Billy from his viewpoint. You wouldn't believe what Billy did today. So we've just been little partners ever since, and I have all these wonderful little stories I even tell about Billy to my little nieces and nephews. ![]() So I just claimed him, and he just took to me right away. He was a tiny little thing, and I said I have to be his extra mama, or he has to be my goddog. And when Danny first brought him to the studio, I just fell in love with him. PARTON: Well, Billy belongs to my manager, Danny Nozell. It's good to be with you.īLOCK: In the introduction to your book, you say that Billy in the story is actually modeled on your goddog (ph). ![]() Parton, it's great to have you with us today.ĭOLLY PARTON: Well, thank you, Melissa. You can read about his rough beginnings in the new children's book "Billy The Kid Makes It Big." His story is brought to us by someone who knows a thing or two about sticking to a music career, the one and only Dolly Parton. That's what a certain dog musician named Billy the Kid would tell you. It's really hard to make it in the music business, but if you continue to be yourself and practice and find good friends, you'll do it.
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