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Maria van Lieshout

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Maria van Lieshout grew up in Holland, and graduated from George Washington University with a BFA in Visual Communications. Her first job was as graphic designer for the Smithsonian’s Air&Space Museum. Then she joined Coca-Cola’s Brand Marketing Department in Holland, where she developed packaging and brand communications.
Maria was asked to join Coke’s Global Brand Innovation Group, where she she interviewed people all over the world, and developed new brand ideas based on what she’d learned.
In 2000, Maria followed her dream and decided to make books full-time. She found herself at the bottom of the tall and knotty beanstalk that is the path to becoming a published picture book creator.
Today, with a few scratches to her knees, a twig o ...more

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	Hopper and Wilson 3.78 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Backseat A-B-See 3.79 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flight 1-2-3 3.63 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peep!: A Little Book About Taking a Leap 3.59 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloom! A Little Book About Finding Love by Maria van Lieshout (Goodreads Author), Molly Leach 3.69 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hopper and Wilson Fetch a Star 3.56 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Use the Potty 3.50 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bye-Bye Binky 3.35 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Splash!: A Little Book About Bouncing Back 3.31 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TUMBLE!: A Little Book About Having It All 3.19 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Art is my drug of choice. Well, one of them anyway, but we won’t go into that here… A while back, I resolved to create one piece of art daily. Just to keep the rust out of my wrists. I chose to do three GrumpyGurl panels each day, because it was election time and there was lots to be snarky about. And GrumpyGurl can bring some snark. I set out with enthusiasm, whipping up a post a day.

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