James Rumford:Author-ccebook-Valuable English Books

Calabash Cat

Author: James Rumford
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Childre
Keywords: cat, calabash
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-09-22
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0618224238
ISBN-13: 9780618224234

Calabash Cat, a West African cat, sets out one day to find where the world ends. His adventures take him across a desert, grasslands, a jungle, and the ocean, until he finds what he is looking for. Illustrated in the style of the calabash engravers of the country of Chad, James Rumford"s original tale will keep you thinking long after you have closed the covers of this bookâabout our one world, and about seeking knowledge and finding wisdom.

Read Detail

Silent Music

Author: James Rumford
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Keywords: music, silent
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-03-18
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 1596432764
ISBN-13: 9781596432765

WHEN BOMBS BEGIN TO FALL, Ali drowns out the sould of war with a pen. Like other children living in Baghdad, Ali loves soccer, music and dancing, but most of all, he loves the ancient art of calligraphy. When bombs begin to fall on his city, Ali turns to his pen, writing sweeping and gliding words to the silent music that drowns out the war all around him. Gorgeously illustrated with collage, pencil and charcoal drawings and, of course, exquisite calligraphy, this timely and yet universal story celebrates art and history but also offers young children a way to understand all they see and hea

Read Detail

Beowulf

Author: James Rumford
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Keywords: beowulf
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2007-08-06
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 061875637X
ISBN-13: 9780618756377

When sleep was at its deepest, night at its blackest, up from the mist-filled marsh came Grendel stalking . . .Thus begins the battle between good and evil, for lying in wait and anxious to challenge the ogre Grendel is a young man, strong-willed and fire-hearted. This man is Beowulf, whose heroic dragon-slaying deeds were sung in the courts of Anglo-Saxon England more than a thousand years ago.Award-winning author and illustrator James Rumford forges his own account of Beowulf with the few Anglo-Saxon words still present in our language. These ironstrong ancient words recall the boldness of t

Read Detail

Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354

Author: James Rumford
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: battuta, ibn, journey, man, traveling
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2004-05-25
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0618432337
ISBN-13: 9780618432332

James Rumford, himself a world traveler, has retold Ibn Battuta"s story in words and pictures, adding the element of ancient Arab maps—maps as colorful and evocative as a Persian miniature, as intricate and mysterious as a tiled Moroccan wall. Into this arabesque of pictures and maps is woven the story not just of a traveler in a world long gone but of a man on his journey through life.

Read Detail

TouchPoints for Leaders: God’s Answers for Your Daily Needs

Author: Douglas J. Rumford
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: daily, needs, answers, god, leaders, touchpoints
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2004-08-25
List price: $3.99
ISBN-10: 0842351302
ISBN-13: 9780842351300

Helping readers find what God has to say about their particular needs is what the TouchPoints series is all about. TouchPoints for Leaders puts God’s words of encouragement and affirmation at the fingertips of today’s Christian leaders. Each section starts with a key question, which is answered through Scripture, and ends with a promise from God’s Word.