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Robert Burleigh

Died

January 12, 2026

Website

http://robertburleigh.com/

Genre

Children's Books, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Over the past 35 years, I have published poems, reviews, essays, many filmstrips and videos, and more than 40 children's picture books.

Born and raised in Chicago, I graduated from DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana) and later received an MA in humanities from the University of Chicago. I've published books for children since the early 1990s. My books - including numerous unpublished ones! - run a broad gamut, from stories geared for pre-schoolers to survival stories and biographies aimed at seven to eleven-year-olds. My work is wide-ranging because, basically, I'm a generalist by experience - and inclination!

In addition to writing, I paint regularly under the art name Burleigh Kronquist and have shown work in one-person and group sho ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 8,269 ratings · 1,787 reviews · 74 distinct works • Similar authors

	Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor by Robert Burleigh, Raúl Colón (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic by Robert Burleigh, Wendell Minor (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edward Hopper Paints His World by Robert Burleigh, Wendell Minor (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trapped!: A Whale's Rescue by Robert Burleigh, Wendell Minor (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 414 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Look Up!: The Story of the First Woman Astronomer by Robert Burleigh (Brand), Raúl Colón (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sylvia's Bookshop: The Story of Paris's Beloved Bookstore and Its Founder (As Told by the Bookstore Itself!) by Robert Burleigh, Katy Wu (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 370 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh, Mike Wimmer (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Train, Night Train by Robert Burleigh, Wendell Minor (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn by Robert Burleigh, Barry Blitt (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zoom! Zoom!: Sounds of Things That Go in the City by Robert Burleigh, Tad Carpenter (Illustrator) 3.49 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Books are my treasures—the best that I’ve got.”
Books are like rivers that flow through my head.
Books are like roads,” she just might have said.
“Roads that connect my old self to my new.
Unlocking our hearts to what’s noble and true.”
― Robert Burleigh, Sylvia's Bookshop: The Story of Paris's Beloved Bookstore and Its Founder

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“But maybe you shouldn't wonder so much about his secret, he says. What's really important is finding your secret - something that becomes like a seed inside you - that will grow as you grow up.”
― Robert Burleigh, The Secret of the Great Houdini

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