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Rick Lieder

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Children's Books, Outdoors & Nature, Young Adult

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Painter and photographer Rick Lieder has been creating fine art and illustration for many years. His art has appeared on award-winning novels ranging from mysteries and science fiction, to books based on the X-Files TV series and Newbery Award-winning books for children.

His fine art has been exhibited in galleries in the Midwest and Canada, and include painting, photography, and digital art.

His nature photography centers on ordinary backyard wildlife. These photographs capture the unique qualities of light interacting with the natural world, including luminous photographs of honey bees and small birds in flight, glowing fireflies mating and hovering over twilight fields, mosquitoes with a belly full of blood, and new-born praying mantis nym ...more

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	Step Gently Out by Helen Frost (Goodreads Author), Rick Lieder (Goodreads Author) (Photography ) 4.07 avg rating — 2,061 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Crystal Express by Bruce Sterling, Rick Lieder (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 946 ratings — published 1989 — 8 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
	Among a Thousand Fireflies by Helen Frost (Goodreads Author), Rick Lieder (Goodreads Author) (Photographer) 3.77 avg rating — 386 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
	Sweep Up the Sun by Helen Frost (Goodreads Author), Rick Lieder (Goodreads Author) (Photography) 3.94 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Wake Up! by Helen Frost (Goodreads Author), Rick Lieder (Goodreads Author) (Photographer) 4.10 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2017	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
	Hello, I'm Here! by Helen Frost (Goodreads Author), Rick Lieder (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2019	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
	Wait — and See by Helen Frost (Goodreads Author), Rick Lieder (Goodreads Author) (Photographer) 3.88 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2022	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
	The Mighty Pollinators by Helen Frost (Goodreads Author), Rick Lieder (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 62 ratings	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
	Grue Magazine (Number 14, Summer 1992) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Rick Lieder and 1 other person liked Angie's review of The Mighty Pollinators (Step Gently, Look Closely): "Stunning photographs and lovely informative poems. "
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Rick Lieder liked Dolores's review of The Mighty Pollinators (Step Gently, Look Closely): "Stunning photography accompanied by poem from the amazing Helen Frost. What more could you want?"
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Rick Lieder liked Laura Harrison's review of The Mighty Pollinators (Step Gently, Look Closely): "A stunning photography/poetry book by frequent collaborators Helen Frost and Rick Lieder. The Mighty Pollinators is a gorgeous, simple poetry book about pollen, bees, ants, moths, bats, fireflies, butterflies, the wind...The close-up photographs star" Read more of this review »
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“The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. He should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. What avails a storm cloud accurate in form and color if the storm is not therein?”
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