Burleigh, Robert

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Edna

2000
Uses the imagined viewpoint of Edna St. Vincent Millay to recreate her early years as a poet in New York City. Includes her poem "Recuerdo" and a brief profile of her life.

Game day

Tells the story of NFL players Tiki and Ronde Barber and how, as youngsters, the brothers learned that success is built on team effort. Viewers will then follow athletes as they train for, play and enjoy a variety of sports, while learning that every player on a team has a special role in contributing to the success of the group.

Abraham Lincoln comes home

2008
A young boy experiences grief as president Abraham Lincoln's body is transported from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois, for burial.

Home run

the story of Babe Ruth
2003
A poetic account of the legendary Babe Ruth as he prepares to make a home run.

The adventures of Mark Twain

2011
An illustrated biography of American author Mark Twain, presented from the perspective of the Twain's famous literary character Huckleberry Finn.

Hoops

1997
Illustrations and poetic text describe the movement and feel of the game of basketball.

Night flight

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic
2011
An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.

Langston's train ride

2004
Describes how the twentieth-century African American poet Langston Hughes affirms his vocation as a writer through the composition of his famous 1921 poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers.".

Goal

2001
Illustrations and poetic text describe the movement and feel of a fast-paced game of soccer.

Clang-clang! Beep-beep!

listen to the city
2009
From morning until night, a city is filled with such sounds as the roars and snores of a subway ride, the flutters and coos of pigeons, and the shouts and beeps of drivers in traffic.

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