"A Line Is..." with award-winning children's illustrator and author Will Hillenbrand

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Award-winning children’s author and illustrator Will Hillenbrand leads this special presentation, “A Line Is…” at the Gilley. This is an exciting journey through the evolution of illustration in Hillenbrand's favorite books. This is part the occasional series Reading with Wings that is part of a collaboration with our friends at the Southwest Harbor Public Library. Copies of his new book Light as a Feather: Fifteen Phenomenal North American Birds are available for purchase at the Gilley. A longtime favorite of kids, their parents, and librarians, Hillenbrand has produced more than 75 titles for young readers. Among his many honors are the 1990 Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators; a Notable Book citation from the American Library Association: for Traveling to Tondo: A Tale of the Nkundo of Zaire; the 1995 Best Books designation from School Library Journal; the 1995 Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature; 1997 North Carolina Children’s Book Award; and 1997 Horn Book Fanfare List.