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Bloom! A Little Book About Finding Love
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Product Description
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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #459736 in Books
- Published on: 2007-12-06
- Released on: 2007-12-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 40 pages
Features
- ISBN13: 9780312369132
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
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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Praise for BLOOM!:
“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
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Customer Reviews
A multi-leveled classic
Bloom! is one of those rare children's books that works on so many levels that adults are bound to love it, too. Maria van Lieshout has created an adorable and enduring character in Bloom, the little pig who doesn't see love when it is right in front of her snout.
Children will love this book for the simple, elegant art work and will identify with the raw emotions the main character experiences when she wants something just out of her reach. Adults will love it for the universal nature of its theme (after all, do we ever stop looking for love in all the wrong places?) and its perfect resolution of this porcine romance.
Bloom is a perfect gift for the child you love or the love of your life.
(And a clever alternative to chocolates on Valentine's Day.)
It's dangerous to predict what book will become a classic, but this just might be one!
Perfect gift!
Love this little book with the beautiful drawings - makes a great gift for children AND adults!
The BEST Little Pig!
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.
