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Baby Booktime - Winter 2022/23
2022-12-16 13:00:00 2022-12-16 13:30:00 America/Chicago Baby Booktime - Winter 2022/23 Highland Park Public Library - Activity Room

Friday, December 16
1:00pm - 1:30pm

Add to Calendar 2022-12-16 13:00:00 2022-12-16 13:30:00 America/Chicago Baby Booktime - Winter 2022/23 Babies and their caregivers can enjoy stories, rhymes, and songs at this in-person storytime series. Highland Park Public Library - Activity Room

Babies and their caregivers can enjoy stories, rhymes, and songs at this in-person storytime series.

Babies and their caregivers can enjoy stories, rhymes, and songs at this in-person storytime series. Registration is required and limited to 15 babies (A Waitlist is available), ages 0-18 months, with one caregiver per child. This event will take place in the Activity Room. There will be no Baby Book Time on Friday, December 2 as the library is closed until 2pm that day.

AGE GROUP: | Kids |

EVENT TYPE: | Storytimes |

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Highland Park Public Library
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