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Bloom! A Little Book About Finding Love [Hardcover]

Maria van Lieshout (Author)
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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4 and upP and up
Bloom isn’t interested in playing in messy mud puddles with other pigs. She’d rather galavant among pretty flowers. Bloom LOVES flowers and other pretty things. She also likes attention. And when a beautiful butterfly, a “flying flower” wafts by, she falls head over heels in love. But she soon learns that attraction is fleeting, and friendship brings a deeper, more satisfying love.
 
Maria Van Lieshout deftly, gently portrays the true meaning of love and friendship in story and pictures that are perfect for readers of all ages.
 
Bloom! is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

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Starred Review. As light and sweet as cotton candy, this saga of a pig in love will win over kids and grownups alike. Van Lieshout's loosely drawn pen and ink illustrations, mostly on stark white pages, wring Oscar-winning expressions from the slenderest curves and squiggles. The minimalist text begins before the title page, when Bloom's faithful friend urges her to join him playing in a puddle. The insouciant pig declines, declaring, in type of varying size, that she feels like dancing and singing… and stretching out under the flowers. In a beguiling version of love at first sight, Bloom spies a butterfly, the only blue object seen in a book that features pink font, pink pigs and pink flowers. A flying flower! she gasps, and then bats her eyes at it. After fluttering nearby and wresting a profession of love from Bloom, the butterfly departs, leaving a heartbroken heroine. Van Lieshout's deft use of line comes through in Bloom's distressed dismay, a cross between toddler meltdown and Juliet, which is happily cut short by the attentions of Bloom's faithful swine swain. This paper-over-board book's stylish design and small square format designate it as a natural for Valentine's Day. All ages. (Jan.)
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“As light and sweet as cotton candy, this saga of a pig in love will win over kids and grownups alike. Van Lieshout’s loosely drawn pen and ink illustrations . . . wring Oscar-winning expressions from the slenderest curves and squiggles . . . a beguiling version of love at first sight . . . This paper-over-board book’s stylish design and small square format designate it as a natural for Valentine’s Day.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“The endearingly straightforward tale, rendered in simple, rosy sketches, ends with the two frolicking in a mud puddle. Love can be messy indeed.” —Time Out New York Kids


Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  • Hardcover: 40 pages
  • Publisher: Feiwel & Friends; First Edition edition (December 26, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312369131
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312369132
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,252,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Maria was born and raised in Holland. She graduated from The George Washington University with a BFA in Visual Communications, and was Creative Director for The Coca-Cola Company.
She currently lives in San Francisco in a creaky 100-year old Victorian with her husband Peter and their son Max.

 

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect gift!, January 1, 2008
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Love this little book with the beautiful drawings - makes a great gift for children AND adults!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Little Pig!, January 20, 2008
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Bloom is one of my new favorites!
I fell instantly in love with Bloom's character. She is someone we can all relate to, as each of us has fallen in love with something in our lives. Children have fallen in love with moments in time, or pets, or their favorite snack and adults with all of the above and more!
Maria has done such a lovely job with her lite drawing lines and splotches of color. The design by Molly Leach compliments everything Maria has created. There is such life and animation in little Bloom. I want to know what she does next..... Will she find a bigger flower to love?
I am sure we can all relate to her young feelings of love. I know both children and adults will fall in love with Bloom. I did.... and I am not quite as fickle as Bloom.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful & fun. Full of emotion, January 20, 2008
This review is from: Bloom! A Little Book About Finding Love (Hardcover)
What fun. A delightful book about friendship and love. A perfect present for kids or adults any time of year, especially Valentines Day.
The wonderful illustrations capture Bloom's changing emotions with whimsy and heart. Infatuation, love, frustration, anger. And a satisfying ending the reader can really sink into.
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