Days after the birth of their son, Canaan, Mrs. Pickel and her husband met the Governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam and First Lady,  Crissy Haslam.  Canaan was the first baby born at the UTMedical Center enrolled in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at birth, and was presented with his first book from Imagination Library, “The Little Engine that Could.”

You can read more about it in the Knoxville News Sentinel at:  Knox News – Imagination Library