OFFSITE EVENT! Alda P. Dobbs presents THE GIVING FLOWER at Chapel Hill Public Library

Name: OFFSITE EVENT! Alda P. Dobbs presents THE GIVING FLOWER at Chapel Hill Public Library
Start: 2025-11-18T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Chapel Hill Public Library

Schedule

Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Chapel Hill Public Library | Chapel Hill, NC

Join us at the Chapel Hill Public Library for a very special program featuring award-winning author Alda P. Dobbs! Flyleaf will be selling books at the event.
From Pura Belpre Honoree Alda P. Dobbs and illustrator Emily Mendoza comes a lyrical and vibrant picture book history of the Poinsettia flower and the holiday traditions it has inspired.
The story of the Poinsettia goes back through hundreds of years, treasured by the Aztecs, the inspiration for Mexico's most famous Christmas legend. After the flower caught the eye of the first US ambassador to Mexico, it was named after him. A century later, millions of Americans saw the brilliant red flower on their first color television screens. Award-winning author Alda Dobbs and artist Emily Mendoza bring to life the history of this beautiful and uniquely new world holiday icon. Includes detailed back matter with a timeline.
Alda P. Dobbs is as passionate about connecting children to their past, their communities, and nature as she is about writing. Alda lives with her husband and two children outside Houston, Texas.