Books by Robert Burleigh

Robert Burleigh has written many award-winning books for children, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Booklist praised his work, saying, "Burleigh paints mesmerizing word pictures on the page," and School Library Journal said that his writing "encourages an understanding of the artistic process and self-expression." He was awarded the Orbis Pictus Award in 1992 for Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh, and has also been the recipient of School Library Journal's Best Book of the Year Award (Hoops, Harcourt Brace 1997) and the 2001 New York City Book Award for Looking for Bird in the Big City (Harcourt Brace 2001).