Robert Burleigh's Books
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Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep!Experience a day in the life of a young boy through the sights and sounds of the big city. From the ting-a-ling-a-ling of an alarm clock in the morning...Read More -
Stealing HomeMan on third. Two outs. The pitcher eyes the base runner, checks for the sign. The fans in the jammed stadium hold their breath. Flapping his...Read More
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Tiger of the SnowsGrowing up at the foot of Mount Everest, a Sherpa boy named Tenzing Norgay dreamed about one day being the first to climb the giant in his backyard....Read More
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Play Ball!Jorge loves the feel of the ball in his glove, the bat in his hand, and the game of baseball. He is as good as any right-handed hitter on the Casa Cuba...Read More
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Sí, puedes (Play Ball!)Jorge Posada adora sentir la bola en su guante, el bate en su mano, y el juego del béisbol. Como cualquier otro jugador del equipo Casa Cuba, ya...Read More
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By My Brother's SideTiki and Ronde were each other's best friends. Together from the start, these twins might not have been the strongest or the tallest, but they were...Read More
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New York Times, November 7, 2009
...of town, where the exclamation points fall like snow and the horns sing like church bells. Written by Robert Burleigh and illustrated by Beppe Giacobbe, the story follows a boy through a typical day made of sounds so typical you dont notice them the...
Examiner.com, August 2, 2009
...ice cream, biscuits, pound cake, and corn on the cob. Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth by Robert Burleigh is the perfect book for baseball families. Don?t forget a family baseball game and hot dogs. Enjoy your time with family and books, R.R.Cratty...
Chicago Sun-Times, July 19, 2009
...of the moon landing, several outstanding new books revisit the adventures of Apollo 11 and other space voyages. Robert Burleigh, a Chicago writer, zooms in on the actual landing in a riveting account in One Giant Leap (Philomel, 40 pages, $16.99), for...
USA Today, July 13, 2009
...were created by a 12-year-old space enthusiast. One Giant Leap (Philomel, $16.99, ages 6 to 8) by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Mike Wimmer. Leap offers a realistic artistic portrayal of the original moon walk. And for grown-ups, new moon books include...
San Francisco Chronicle, June 26, 2009
...walkabouts and cheering viewers back home. More firmly focused on the destination is One Giant Leap, written by Robert Burleigh and illustrated by Mike Wimmer (Philomel; 44 pages; $16.99; ages 6-8). Gorgeous oil paintings follow along as Neil Armstrong...
PortalesNewsTribune, June 14, 2009
...guitar players from one of folk music?s legends. Seurat and La Grande Jatte: Connecting the Dots by Robert Burleigh. Readers will get an introduction to the impressionist movement in this meticulous study of one of the period?s most famous works,...
Examiner.com, June 12, 2009
...illustrations by Brian Floca; Atheneum, $17.99, 48 pages, ages 4 to 8. 'One Giant Leap,' text by Robert Burleigh, paintings by Mike Wimmer; Philomel, $16.99, 40 pages, ages 6 to 8. 'Look to the Stars,' by Buzz Aldrin, illustrations by Wendell Minor;...
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, June 8, 2009
...illustrations by Brian Floca; Atheneum, $17.99, 48 pages, ages 4 to 8. 'One Giant Leap,' text by Robert Burleigh, paintings by Mike Wimmer; Philomel, $16.99, 40 pages, ages 6 to 8. 'Look to the Stars,' by Buzz Aldrin, illustrations by Wendell Minor;...
Newsday, April 30, 2009
...ONE GIANT LEAP, by Robert Burleigh. Philomel, $16.99. Ages 6-8. July will mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and 'One Giant Leap' gives kids a feel for what it was...
Cleveland Live, February 8, 2009
...assassinated president from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Ill. Abraham Lincoln Comes Home (Henry Holt, $16.95) is Robert Burleigh's story of one young boy and his father watching the funeral train pass. Wendell Minor's splendid gouache and watercolor...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 2009
...being an exercise in how to reconstruct history and construct meaning from it. Abraham Lincoln Comes Home by Robert Burleigh; illustrated by Wendell Minor (Holt; 40 pages; $16.95; ages 6-10). In this somber picture book, a father and son travel by wagon...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 24, 2009
...being an exercise in how to reconstruct history and construct meaning from it. Abraham Lincoln Comes Home by Robert Burleigh; illustrated by Wendell Minor (Holt; 40 pages; $16.95; ages 6-10). In this somber picture book, a father and son travel by wagon...
Young Readers, October 16, 2009
...Adventures of Charles Darwin by Kathryn Lasky Candlewick Press Status: Eligible Nominated by: Alyson One Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh Philomel Status: Eligible Nominated by: Karen Terlecky Paul Robeson by Eloise Greenfield Lee & Low Books, Inc....
A Year of Reading, April 20, 2009
...that I think I could read a million times . If you haven't read One Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh, I would highly recommend it. This book just came out and is celebrating the 40th Anniversary of our first trip to the moon. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong...
