Grace Semler Baldridge in Person

Join us on Friday, April 24th at 4PM as we celebrate the release of musician Grace Semler Baldridge's debut picture book The Love That Made You. Grace will read and talk about their book followed by some songs from Grace's albums, including "Don't Grow Up Too Fast" which they wrote for their daughter.

The Love That Made You is a wonder-filled, empowering picture book introducing children to the idea of a higher power called Love that connects us and carries us through
life.
With gentle, rhyming text, The Love That Made You helps grown-ups find the words to share the comfort, encouragement, and wonder of God or the Universe with a young heart, without suggesting that the grown-up knows all the answers.

Grace Semler Baldridge is an LA-based musician known as Semler who made history as the first openly queer artist to hit Number 1 on the Christian music charts with the release of their EP, Preacher's Kid. Following this success, Semler released another chart-topping EP and toured the country with Relient K. They have amassed more than 238,000 followers on TikTok, and Semler's music has been featured on NPR and Apple Radio, as well as in the Washington Post and Rolling Stone. After three headline tours and two more EPs, Semler released their debut album, Revival in My Mind, in February 2025. When they're not on the road or in the studio, they love to read with their daughter Frances and their wife Elizabeth.

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