Stomp, Roar, Dinosaur! Read City Launch

You can't keep a good dino down! Stomp and roar into our 2026 Read City Challenge with the help of some very old friends. The Challenge is on so join us at our launch event at Bridgewater Place on Feburary 6 or drop by any library location to pick up your Prehistoric Passport. Don't wait to Stomp Back in Time! Start reading and logging activities today to earn stickers and prizes!

At the launch, you'll examine fossils, exhibits, and dino skeleton replicas, like two-year-old T. Rex, Junior, in the Traveling Dinos Museum. Meet Vela the velociraptor; come face-to-face with Mighty Al, a full-size allosaurus replica skull; measure your hand against a gigantic allosaurus footprint; and hold some of the coolest fossils ever, from a triceratops skull bone fragment to dinosaur coprolite (dino poo)!

NOTE: This program has been rescheduled from its original date on January 24, which was cancelled due to inclement weather!

Many thanks to the Jane L. Pettway Foundation for making this program possible.

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