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Imagination Celebration 2025 - Your House Is Not Just a House book cover with author and  illustrator

Imagination Celebration is a month-long celebration for children 0-5 and their families. Each year we select a book that encourages imagination, inspires creativity, and strengthens diversity and equity.

Join us beginning March 29, 2025 and throughout the month of April for fun and exciting Imagination Celebration programs across Baltimore at Pratt locations.

2025 Book Selection

This year's book is Your House is Not Just a House, by Idris Goodwin and Lorraine Nam, which focuses on the themes of home, creativity, and imagination.

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Imagination Kits

Explore and create with the crafts in your Imagination Kit based on the book Your House is Not Just a House, by Idris Goodwin and Lorraine Nam. Imagination Kits are filled with activities and crafts for preschoolers that encourage creativity and imagination. For ages 3-5 with adult supervision. Available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning March 29, while supplies last.

 


Imagination Celebration Free Family Festival

Are you ready for a family-friendly, fun-filled day complete with stories, songs, dance, and lots of creativity? Join us on Saturday, March 29 from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Central Library for our Imagination Celebration free family festival and meet Idris Goodwin and Lorraine Nam, author and illustrator of our featured title, Your House is Not Just a House
 

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Community Support

The Imagination Celebration is made possible by the Aegon Transamerica Foundation

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