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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 My books - including numerous unpublished ones!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: 3.75 · 931 ratings · 294 reviews · 56 distinct works
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2011
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One Giant Leap
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2009
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2009
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Pandora
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2002
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Home Run: The Story of Babe...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions
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Langston's Train Ride
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Abraham Lincoln Comes Home
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2008
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2002
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Hoops
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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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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