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BookTalks | Book Tasting You Can?t Taste A Book By Its Cover
2023-10-28 14:00:00 2023-10-28 15:00:00 America/New_York BookTalks | Book Tasting You Can?t Taste A Book By Its Cover We all know you shouldn?t judge a book by its cover, so come join us at the Five Forks branch to get a taste instead! Sample books from different genres and see what pleases your literary taste buds! Five Forks Branch - Five Forks Meeting Room

Saturday, October 28
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-10-28 14:00:00 2023-10-28 15:00:00 America/New_York BookTalks | Book Tasting You Can?t Taste A Book By Its Cover We all know you shouldn?t judge a book by its cover, so come join us at the Five Forks branch to get a taste instead! Sample books from different genres and see what pleases your literary taste buds! Five Forks Branch - Five Forks Meeting Room

Five Forks Branch

Five Forks Meeting Room

We all know you shouldn?t judge a book by its cover, so come join us at the Five Forks branch to get a taste instead! Sample books from different genres and see what pleases your literary taste buds!

We all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, so come join us at the Five Forks branch to get a taste instead! Sample books from different genres and see what pleases your literary taste buds!

AGE GROUP: | Ages 6-11 | Ages 0-5 |

EVENT TYPE: | Literacy | Book Talk |

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