Robert Burleigh

"Young readers are transported back in time to the 1940s where they can ride aboard a passenger train during its nighttime journey from country to city."--

"Nonfiction picture book recounts how President Abraham Lincoln inspired the poet Walt Whitman during the Civil War." --

"As a boy, Edward Hopper knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up: on the cover of his pencil box, he wrote the words EDWARD HOPPER, WOULD-BE ARTIST. He traveled to New York and to Paris to hone his craft. And even though no one wanted to buy his paintings for a long time, he never stopped believing in his dream to be an artist. He was fascinated with painting light and shadow and his works explore this challenge. Edward Hopper's story is...

"This illustrated biography shares the story of female scientist, Marie Tharp, a pioneering woman scientist and the first person to ever successfully map the ocean floor"--

A poetic account of the legendary Babe Ruth as he prepares to make a home run.

In 1845 in Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau began a radical experiment: he built a cabin in the woods and lived there, alone, examining the world around him. He spent his days walking the shores of Walden Pond, growing beans, observing plants and animals, and recording his reflections in his notebook. These reflections eventually became his seminal work Walden. In this lovely picture book, Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor imagine a special...

Describes how Charles Lindbergh achieved the remarkable feat offlying nonstop and solo from New York to Paris in 1927.

Illustrations and poetic text describe the movement and feel of the game of basketball.

Ultimon, once king of the dragons and now the last survivor, climbs out of the sewers in which he has been hiding and takes one last flight. Includes notes about the constellation Draco.

"Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a parade of zombie pumpkins celebrating Halloween."--