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A photo of author Elizabeth Lilly smiling warmly with her books Geraldine and Let Me Fix You a Plate

Author Visit with Elizabeth Lilly
2025-03-29 14:00:00 2025-03-29 15:00:00 America/New_York Author Visit with Elizabeth Lilly Waldorf West Branch -

Saturday, March 29
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-29 14:00:00 2025-03-29 15:00:00 America/New_York Author Visit with Elizabeth Lilly Join us and Elizabeth Lilly, author of "Let Me Fix You a Plate," "Geraldine," and more, for an in-person visit at Waldorf West! Waldorf West Branch -

Join us and Elizabeth Lilly, author of "Let Me Fix You a Plate," "Geraldine," and more, for an in-person visit at Waldorf West!

Author and illustrator Elizabeth Lilly will be joining us at the Waldorf West branch! She is the author and illustrator of "Geraldine" and "Let Me Fix You a Plate," and the illustrator of Joshua David Stein's "The Catalogue of Hugs" and Jonathan Stutzman's "Soon, Your Hands."

About the Author: Elizabeth Lilly (she/her) is an author, illustrator, animator and educator. She is the author-illustrator of two picture books, and the illustrator of two others. Her books have appeared in the New York Times Book Review, been named Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Book of 2021, and have earned starred reviews as well as the Junior Library Guild Selection. When she’s not creating stories, she teaches illustration, animation and drawing as an adjunct professor and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

This program was made possible through the generous support provided by the Citizens for the Charles County Public Library, Inc.

The views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Charles County Public Library.

AGE GROUP: | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | Author Visit |

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