Books by Robert Burleigh
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review 1: Highly readable biography permeated by a thoughtful tone. Besides life events, the focus is on the inspiration for the Hopper's work, with the final question being philosophical. When asked why he painted, he responded, "Why do I paint? Well," he finally answered, "I'm after ME...
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review 1: The highlight of this book is definitely the pictures. Wendell Minor did a fantastic job of creating beautiful and realistic works of art for the piece. I did not particularly care for the story though. It was presented in a choppy manner and was clearly told to the reader. I wo...
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review 1: This picture book will be a good beginning to introducing Amelia Earhart to a group of young readers. One of America’s first woman pilots, and one of our tragic mysteries in aviation, After 80 plus years, she still fascinates with her achievements and her stories. This particul...
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review 1: Written in the voice and style of one of Mark Twain's most famous characters, Huck Finn, this biography is unique and interesting. Huck Finn takes us from the early years of Samuel Clemens (alias, Mark Twain)playing in the Mississippi river to his later years of Steamboat pilot, ...
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review 1: One Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh is a book about the first landing on the moon in 1969. The book is based off of real people, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. The book tells all about the adventure. The book also won the Orbis Pictus Award, which was well deserved. The pictures i...
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review 1: The design of this book is so catchy that I immediately wanted to read it. It's in a 1950 like style, with tri-color (red, blue and yellow, with black/grey as well) illustrations.My son loves all the vehicles in the book and asked us to read it often. However, some of the rhyme a...
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review 1: I love the boldness of the colours- each ones is mostly flat and unadulterated by shades and tints. Instead, shapes and textures are created by letting other colours show through as if just using a light brushstroke. The artist's technique of using the computer to create the il...