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“Vivid.” —The Horn Book
A picture book biography of the first woman in flight—Amelia Earhart—by NCTE Orbis Pictus Award-winner Robert Burleigh.
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 action, a you-are-there experience made more dramatic and real by Wendell Minor's vivid paintings.
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Robert Burleigh is a painter and the author of a number of award-winning, critically acclaimed books for children. His books include Paul Cezanne: A Painter's Journey, Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light, and Seurat and La Grande Jatte.
More about Robert BurleighJack London (1876-1916) was a prolific American novelist and short story writer. His most notable works include White Fang , The Call of the Wild , and The Sea-Wolf. He was born in San Francisco, California.
Wendell Minor has illustrated dozens of picture books, and his work has won countless awards and is in per
