Robert Burleigh

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  • Bibliography:
    21 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1991
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Book List in Order: 21 titles

  • Flight

  • Hoops

    Hoops is not a book about basketball--Hoops is basketball. How it feels to be a part of the motion, and a part of the moment-the longest moment-as the ball hangs in midair poised over the rim of the basket. The drama of the game . . . and of victory....

  • It's Funny Where Ben's Train Takes Him

  • Hercules

    Journey back to ancient Greece and meet the greatest hero who ever lived--Hercules! With eleven difficult tasks behind him, he now must face the last and most terrifying. To bring back the three-headed monster dog, Cerberus, Hercules must enter the U...

  • Edna

  • Goal

    Soccer field excitement!
    It's the last game of the season. With the score tied and the tension high, anything can happen. But the big win is made possible by one force alone--teamwork.
    Robert Burleigh and Stephen T. Johnson have created a pi...

  • I Love Going Through This Book

  • Pandora

    Pandora has been warned about the forbidden jar. Although she is surrounded with gifts and has rooms, gardens, and a courtyard to explore, Pandora is drawn to one room--the one that holds that jar. Is Pandora’s curiosity a curse?
    In a seamless ...

  • The Secret of the Great Houdini

    A young boy's interest in the great magician Harry Houdini takes him to the place of his latest escape trick where he soon begins to make the realization that confidence in one's own ability is the key to succeeding in anything one chooses to do....



  • Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep!

    Dawn until dusk, the city is alive with sounds, from the TING-ALING- A-LING of an alarm clock in the morning to the BEEEEEP! BEEEEP! of traffic in the afternoon to the quiet SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH of evening. Noted illustrator Beppe Giacobbe’s bright pale...

  • Good-Bye, Sheepie

    Owen and his dog, Sheepie, are best friends. They like to play, take long walks, and chase each other in the yard. But Sheepie is getting old. He can’t fetch a stick as quickly as he used to, and sometimes Owen has to help him climb the stairs. The...

  • Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic

    Award-winning author Robert Burleigh has captured Amelia Earhart's first solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932. She was only the second person to do this--and the first woman. Rich in detail, feeling and incident this is nonfiction with edge and ac...

  • Messenger, Messenger

    Messenger, messenger, keepin' the groove, Always, always, on the move. Morning's come around again, and Calvin Curbhopper, the messenger man, is on the go, zipping around from spot to spot, taking shortcuts through parking lots, steering through...

  • Hit the Road, Jack

    In this delightful picture book, loosely inspired by Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," a scat-singing, bebopping jackrabbit travels across the United States and marvels at all the wonders that the country reveals--from hopping on the subway in New York C...

  • Flight of the Last Dragon

    What if there was but one dragon left in the world? What if dragons were more than just imaginary creatures? What if long ago they soared through our skies? And what if there was only one dragon left? Where might it hide from our machines, from ou...

  • If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond

    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 pla...

  • Zoom! Zoom!: Sounds of Things That Go in the City

    Listen up! The sounds of the city come to life in this vivid picture book that’s ready-made for repetition and perfect for preschool. From the TING-A-LING-A-LING of an alarm clock in the morning to the RUMBLE RATTLE of the subway and the BEEEEEP...

  • Night Train, Night Train

    Ride the rails of the night train in this beautifully rendered journey conducted by renowned artist Wendell Minor and frequent collaborator Robert Burleigh.Rhyming, lyrical text describes the sights and sounds of a nighttime journey from country to c...

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  • Tiny Bird

    Robert Burleigh's narrative nonfiction picture book follows a hummingbird’s migration south for the winter, with stunning art by Wendell Minor.When the last summer flowers open their petals to the sun, it’s time for a tiny ruby-throated hummingbi...

  • Ice Bears at Ice Edge

    From writer Robert Burleigh and illustrator Wendell Minor, an award-winning and bestselling picture book team, comes a gripping climate changeâ€"themed tale of a polar bear family fighting to survive.  It is March in the cold North. The long-gon...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Robert Burleigh has published 21 books.

Robert Burleigh does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Ice Bears at Ice Edge, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Robert Burleigh, Flight, was published in September 1991.

No. Robert Burleigh does not write books in series.
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