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July 22, 2023
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Durham Bulls Athletic Park

Book Harvest’s annual Summer Block Party will once again fill the concourse of the Durham Bulls Athletic Park (409 Blackwell St, Durham, NC 27701) -- this time on Saturday, July 22, 2023 from 1 to 4 p.m.

The free, outdoor, community-wide event will be a joyful celebration of books and National Summer Learning Week! The afternoon will be action-packed, featuring fun-filled family activities and entertainment, and an abundance of free, culturally inclusive children’s books for every child – from infants to high schoolers – to choose their very own books to take home and keep forever!

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Special Guests Include:

Happy Dan the Magic Man
Poetry Fox

The following community partners will be at the 2023 Block Party with activities, giveaways, games, and info!

Bike Durham
Book Babies
Bull City Wood Shop
Carolina Theater
Child Care Referral Central, at CCSA
Digital Durham
Durham City Fire Department
Durham County Health Department: Maternal and Child Health
Durham County Library, South Regional Branch
Durham Parks and Recreation
Durham Public Schools
Durham's Partnership for Children
Gift of Knowledge Academy
Go Durham
MAAME, Inc,
North Carolina Education Corps
PBS North Carolina
The Village Durham
The Wonder Lab
Total Koality
Triple P -- Durham Public Health
United Way
Weaver Street Market

Book Harvest is thankful for support from:

TROSA Moving
Durham's Campaign for Grade Level Reading
Wegmans, Chapel Hill

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