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Burleigh, Robert

Edward Hopper Paints His World

48 pp. | Holt/Ottaviano | August, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-8752-9 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Wendell Minor. In a narrative as calmly straightforward as Hopper's work, Burleigh introduces the great American realist. Burleigh's prose captures the essence of Hopper's renderings: lighthouses that "rise up, gleaming in the sunlight, looming above land and sea"; the many "small mysteries" of city life. So, too, do Minor's gouache paintings, all of which echo Hopper's sense of wonderment about the potential of everyday scenes. Websites. Bib.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2014