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Writing | Once Upon a Dino
2026-07-21 14:00:00 2026-07-21 15:30:00 America/New_York Writing | Once Upon a Dino Become an author and illustrator as you create your own prehistoric story filled with colorful dinosaurs. This fun, hands-on activity encourages creativity, storytelling, and a love of reading. Duluth Branch - Duluth Meeting Room

Tuesday, July 21
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Add to Calendar 2026-07-21 14:00:00 2026-07-21 15:30:00 America/New_York Writing | Once Upon a Dino Become an author and illustrator as you create your own prehistoric story filled with colorful dinosaurs. This fun, hands-on activity encourages creativity, storytelling, and a love of reading. Duluth Branch - Duluth Meeting Room

Duluth Branch

Duluth Meeting Room

Become an author and illustrator as you create your own prehistoric story filled with colorful dinosaurs. This fun, hands-on activity encourages creativity, storytelling, and a love of reading.

Join us for a roaring good time to become authors and illustrators! Participants will create their own dinosaur-themed picture book, complete with a prehistoric story and colorful illustrations. Using your imagination and creativity, you will design a book to take home and share. Perfect for young dinosaur lovers and budding storytellers!

AGE GROUP: | Ages 6-11 |

EVENT TYPE: | Writing |

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