Bloom! A Little Book About Finding Love
Maria Van Lieshout, Author, Molly Leach, Designed by . Feiwel
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 “
Reviewed on: 12/10/2007
Genre: Children's