Out west, a lonesome prairie or two from anywhere, was a town called Sunshine. Sunshine was smaller'n most, bigger'n some, but cleaner and more civ'lized than 'em all. Sheriff John saw to that—him and his 10-gallon hat. . . .Sheriff John is a lawman in the wild, wild West. It's not just his badge and his gun that send robbers and rustlers galloping out of town, it's also his 10- gallon hat. Or so he thinks. . . .This new picture book by critically acclaimed author-illustrator James Rumford is a delightful addition to the bookshelves of young cowboys and cowgirls everywhere!

Don't Touch My Hat

Children's Books

Rumford, James

Literature & Fiction

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Out west, a lonesome prairie or two from anywhere, was a town called Sunshine. Sunshine was smaller'n most, bigger'n some, but cleaner and more civ'lized than 'em all. Sheriff John saw to that—him and his 10-gallon hat. . . .Sheriff John is a lawman in the wild, wild West. It's not just his badge and his gun that send robbers and rustlers galloping out of town, it's also his 10- gallon hat. Or so he thinks. . . .This new picture book by critically acclaimed author-illustrator James Rumford is a delightful addition to the bookshelves of young cowboys and cowgirls everywhere! From the Hardcover edition.

Captured by the great sultan of Samarkand in the year 751, a time of war between the Chinese and the Arabs, a Chinese grandfather and his grandson bargain for their freedom by agreeing to teach the Arabs the art of making paper.

The Cloudmakers

Houghton/Mifflin

As his older brothers prepare for their great journey to a distant island, little Manu hides himself in their canoe, but when Manu is discovered, it is too late to turn around, and Manu must now help navigate the canoe to safety.

The Island-Below-The-Star

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Filled with striking illustrations, a fascinating exploration into the life of Jean-Francois Champollion, the extraordinary man who deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, reveals his courage and determination to fulfill his dreams.

Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Discovered Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Biographies

It is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road. "Will they give us a notebook?" Thomas asks. "Will they give us a pencil?" "Will I learn to read?" But when he and the other children arrive at the schoolyard, they find no classroom, no desks. Just a teacher. "We will build our school," she says. "This is our first lesson." James Rumford, who lived in Chad as a Peace Corps volunteer, fills these pages with vibrant ink-and-pastel colors of Africa and the spare words of a poet to show how important learning is in a country where only a few children are able to go to school.

Rain School

Clarion Books

Traveling Man: The Journey Of Ibn Battua, 1325-1354

Demco Media

Longtime San Francisco novelist Laurence Roy has arrived at the end of his writing career. During a period of thirty-five years, he’s published dozens of novels – well received, highly regarded, warmly reviewed – though they have not led to great fame or fortune. He is a disciplined professional, devoted to his authorial routine. Writer’s block is not part of his vocabulary. But at age sixty, he has abruptly realized that he’s had enough of writing. All the same, he has one last novel left, and he has decided – with a sense of uncertainty, ambivalence, puzzlement – to spend six months writing in Paris. Although he cannot guess exactly what this new environment might do for him, he says goodbye to his wife and family, flies to Paris, and moves into a Left Bank apartment that a friend has lent him. As he settles into the neighborhood, he meditates on the long intellectual and creative history of Paris. At the same time he finds himself examining his own existence: his work, his age, his family, his life. What is it about Paris that always seems to lead visiting Americans to think and behave in new ways? He is mystified by this phenomenon, but he comes to treasure the new experience. As his youthful French language skills return to him, he explores the mysterious power of Paris, which somehow draws him forward in ways that he could not have foreseen. Will he finish his novel? Will he come to terms with his family, his professional life, the burdens of advancing age? In the voices of several narrators, Larry’s story moves forward and backward in time, set in several international milieus – but Paris is always at the center. Do unpredictable adventures lie ahead? Only Paris knows.

Nothing in Paris

Hergert, Douglas

Contemporary

Bernal Hill Press

Tells of the true adventures of Ibn Battuta, a fourteenth-century traveler who, like Marco Polo, set forth on a seventy-five thousand mile journey of discovery through many lands, including Tanzania, China, Russia, and Morocco. 12,500 first printing.

Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354

According to Herodotus, an Ancient Greek historian, a Phoenician named Cadmus brought the alphabet to Greece. In the ancient myths, Cadmus was a hero who fought a ferocious monster and founded the city of Thebes. Cadmus was so famous that his deeds were told and retold throughout the ancient world. In this modern retelling, James Rumford uses the alphabet that Cadmus brought to Greece to recount the hero’s own story. Part truth, part fancy, this different kind of alphabet book takes its reader on a journey to the distant past, when our letters were not just marks to record sounds but were pictures of eyes and hands, doors and fences, giant teeth and . . . monsters.

There's a Monster in the Alphabet

HMH Books for Young Readers

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Don't Touch My Hat

Don't Touch My Hat

The Cloudmakers

The Island-Below-The-Star

Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Discovered Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Rain School

Traveling Man: The Journey Of Ibn Battua, 1325-1354

Nothing in Paris

Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354

There's a Monster in the Alphabet