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Zusatztext Burleigh! Robert Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic Illustrated by Wendell Minor. 2011. 40pp. $16.99 hc. Paula Wiseman Books (Simon & Schuster). 978-1-4169-6733-0. Grades K-3 From start to finish! children are engaged in Amelia Earhart’s adventure as she becomes the first woman to pilot across the Atlantic Ocean by herself. End pages depict a sketch of Earhart’s single-engine plane! a compass! and a timeline. Told in third person! the reader feels and hears everything Amelia experiences as she journeys from Newfoundland! Canada! to Northern Ireland. Minor’s magnificent paintings capture the excitement of the adventure from start to finish through a variety of perspectives. Writing and illustrations are perfectly matched to take the reader from an ascending plane traveling toward blue skies to a vessel fleeing a darkened thunderstorm! nose-diving toward the treacherous Atlantic waters. As Earhart’s knuckles whiten and flames stream out of a cracked exhaust pipe! readers wonder what is to become of her. Morning comes and sunlight breaks through as Earhart lands with a jolt in Northern Ireland’s countryside. An afterword includes a historical biographical note and a technical note about the plane. Also included are a bibliography! Internet resources! and a selection of famous quotes by Amelia Earhart. -- Library Media Connection ! May/June 2011 Informationen zum Autor Robert Burleigh is the award-winning author of many books for children, including The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn, illustrated by Barry Blitt; Night Flight, illustrated by Wendell Minor; and Black Whiteness, illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop. His many other books include Hoops; Stealing Home; and Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep! Wendell Minor has illustrated dozens of picture books, and his work has won countless awards and is in permanent collections of such institutions as the Museum of American Illustration and the Library of Congress. His cover illustrations have graced some of the most significant novels of our time by authors such as Toni Morrison, David McCullough, and James Michener. He lives in Washington, Connecticut. Visit him online at MinorArt.com. Klappentext Amelia Earhart is a legend in the field of aviation! and no accomplishment of hers is more acclaimed than her unparalleled 1932 solo flight across the Atlantic. Award-winning author Burleigh captures every nuance of her remarkable journey in this picture book filled with vivid illustrations by Minor. Full color. Zusammenfassung “Hearts will be racing.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A work to inspire further learning.” — Booklist (starred review) “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. ...
