New York state is buying books from Dolly Parton’s library charity to distribute to kids under age 5 in a touching fitting tribute to the late country-music icon’s literacy legacy.

The state Office of Children and Family Services is seeking two “solicitations of interest,” or proposals, from not-for-profit entities including school districts and even hospitals to join it in buying up and donating books from Parton’s “Imagination Library.”

The state will pay 50% of costs up to $50,000 in each instance to purchase the books and then also cover mailing costs to provide eligible children up to age 5 with a  book per month.

The winning bidders would cover the remaining costs.

Parton’s Imagination Library handles administrative costs and negotiates better prices with children’s publishers for its supply.

The beloved mega-star singer died at age 80 on Aug. 25 after a short bout with cancer.

Parton, whose father was illiterate, started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county in Tennessee. The program took off and expanded throughout the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland with government support.

Literacy is such a priority that even New York hospitals bid to deliver books from the Parton Library to parents of newborns, according to prior awards issued by the state in March.

“I am considering applying for your Solicitation of Interest for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, on behalf of a children’s hospital. I envision enrolling every child delivered at our hospital and admitted to the Mother-Baby Unit within the one-year time frame,” a bidder wrote.

The winning bidders must enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to participate.

According to the Parton website, 332.4 million books have been distributed to kids since its inception.

Nearly 3.2 million kids are currently registered to receive books.

One in six children in the US have received books from the Parton Library.

About 170,000 New York children receive monthly books from the library, said state Sen. Jeremy Cooney (D-Rochester), who has annually pushed for state grants to help pump funding into Parton’s Imagination Library program.

“Dolly’s impact extends far beyond her musical talent, with her Imagination Library providing free monthly books to over 170,000 children in New York, supporting childhood literacy and bringing joy to families,” Cooney said amid a push to make Sept. 25 in New York Dolly Parton Day.

On her website, Parton said the children’s library may be her greatest legacy beyond all her success as an award-winning singer and entertainer.

“Before he passed away, my Daddy told me the Imagination Library was probably the most important thing I had ever done,’’ Parton wrote.

“I can’t tell you how much that meant to me because I created the Imagination Library as a tribute to my Daddy.

“He was the smartest man I have ever known but I know in my heart his inability to read probably kept him from fulfilling all of his dreams,” Parton said.