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Robert Burleigh

Robert Burleigh
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Robert Burleigh

Robert Burleigh is the award-winning author of many books for children, including, Hoops, a SLJ Best Book of the Year and a Booklist Editor's Choice, Lookin' for Bird in the Big City which received the New York Society Library Award for the best children's book of the year, and Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light which was an ALA Notable Book. His many other books include Stealing Home, Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep! and By My Brother's Side, for which he was a contributing author. He lives in Michigan.

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Addict3d.org, April 16, 2012
...story time with picture books by award-winning authors and illustrators including Michael J. Rosen, Kathryn Brown, Mark Moulton, Robert Burleigh and Joanna Yardley.Titles include: Muledred Bonesy and Isabel It s Funny Where Ben s Train Takes Him A Royal...
ALA, March 13, 2012
...By Maxine Trottier. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. Groundwood Books. "Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic." By Robert Burleigh. Illustrated by Wendell Minor. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. "No Ordinary Day." By Deborah Ellis....
Lehigh Valley Express-Times, February 14, 2012
...Fricker Head of Youth Services: Edana Hoy Choices this week: "Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic" by Robert Burleigh; "Manners Mash Up: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior" by Tedd Arnold, Sophie Blackall and David Catrow; "Elephants Can Paint...
DL-Online, January 7, 2012
...Come into your library and learn more about Amelia Earhart! “Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic,” by Robert Burleigh. This children’s book celebrates award-winning author Robert Burleigh capturing of Amelia Earhart’s first solo...
Examiner.com, December 16, 2011
...the storm and its aftermath and shows the real people caught in the hurricane. 6. Night Flight by Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor (Simon and Schuster) Ages 5 to 8 Finally, the story of famed aviator Amelia Earhart for young readers! In this dramatic,...
Examiner.com, November 11, 2011
...s Day. At the same time, the lower school heard a reading of Fly, Chèr Ami, Fly by Robert Burleigh, the true story of a heroic carrier pigeon who, against all odds, helped rescue a lost battalion of soldiers and left an unforgettable mark on American...
Lehigh Valley Express-Times, July 19, 2011
...Fricker Head of Youth Services: Edana Hoy Choices this week: ?Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic? by Robert Burleigh; ?Elephants Can Paint Too? by Katya Arnold; ?Great Big Book of Families? by Mary Hoffman Books to buy The following books...
Rock River Times, February 22, 2012
...of a reader’s theater. The students will read We Are America by Walter Dean Myers, Hoops by Robert Burleigh, a poem by Langston Hughes, and an excerpt from Christopher Paul Curtis’ beloved The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963. After the reading,...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 20, 2012
...Semi-Professional Daredevil by Michael Buckley, illus. by Dan Santat, about a preschool Evel Knievel; Hit the Road, Jackby Robert Burleigh, illus. by Ross MacDonald, a Jack Kerouac–inspired picture book about a scat-singing jackrabbit traveling across...
Rockford Register Star, February 14, 2012
...sixth grade students will read works by African American authors such as Christopher Paul Curtis, Walter Dean Myers, Robert Burleigh and Langston Hughes. A silent reading time will follow. Students will be available to read to younger children....
Lehigh Valley Express-Times, February 14, 2012
...Fricker Head of Youth Services: Edana Hoy Choices this week: "Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic" by Robert Burleigh; "Manners Mash Up: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior" by Tedd Arnold, Sophie Blackall and David Catrow; "Elephants Can Paint...
Examiner.com, December 16, 2011
...the storm and its aftermath and shows the real people caught in the hurricane. 6. Night Flight by Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor (Simon and Schuster) Ages 5 to 8 Finally, the story of famed aviator Amelia Earhart for young readers! In this dramatic,...
Chicago Sun-Times, November 18, 2011
...can make a jumping frog like the one in The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn at Robert Burleigh’s table. Also on tap is a slew of entertainment. Nowakowski said highlights include Jabberwocky Marionettes performing “Urban Animal and...
Examiner.com, November 11, 2011
...s Day. At the same time, the lower school heard a reading of Fly, Chèr Ami, Fly by Robert Burleigh, the true story of a heroic carrier pigeon who, against all odds, helped rescue a lost battalion of soldiers and left an unforgettable mark on American...