Home Run
- 36 pages
- 2 hours of reading
For use in schools and libraries only. The man who made the game of baseball, George Herman Ruth, wasn't always the Babe. Once he was a boy playing ball on a dirt lot.
Robert Burleigh Books
This versatile author has built an extensive body of work over a thirty-five-year career, encompassing poetry, reviews, essays, filmstrips, videos, and over forty children's picture books. His writing spans a broad range of subjects, from stories for preschoolers to survival tales and biographies aimed at older children. This wide-ranging approach stems from a fundamental inclination towards being a generalist. In addition to writing, he is also an active painter whose artwork has been featured in galleries.
Published in association with the National Gallery of ArtIn the tradition of DEGAS AND THE DANCE and SEURAT AND LA GRANDE JATTE , a new artist biography about Paul Cezanne.Filled with Cezanne's paintings, period photographs, and the works of his contemporaries, this picture book biography illuminates the life and art of Cezanne for youngsters everywhere. A great and difficult artist, Cezanne's life and work are easily laid out for children in this important addition to the Abrams collection of picture book biographies. Burleigh tells how Cezanne overcame his father's rejection, critics' scorn, and public indifference to create his art and follow his own inner voice. Children will find inspiration in his story to follow their own dreams and to believe in themselves-as well as learning about Cezanne's major contributions to the history of art.