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Biography:

James Rumford has studied more than a dozen languages and worked in the Peace Corps, where he traveled to Africa, Asia, and Afghanistan. He has written and illustrated several books for children, including Beowulf: A Hero's Tale Retold (Houghton Mifflin) and Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing (Houghton Mifflin), a Sibert Honor Book. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Max and the Dumb Flower Picture

Illustrated bys: Martha Alexander, James Rumford By authors: James Rumford, Martha Alexander
ISBN: 978-1-58089-156-1
Ages: 4 - 7
Availability: In stock
Price: $9.95

Max's teacher wants the class to color-in pictures of flowers for Mother's Day persents. Determined to express his creativity, Max draws his own picture for his mother.

"Martha Alexander (1920-2007) left notes and sketches for this story about the possibilities of "a blank sheet of paper," and James Rumford ably completed it."
--The New York Times Book Review

"[A] lovely tribute to a veteran writer and illustrator whose works no self-respecting library should be without."
--Kirkus Reviews

"Alexander is spot-on with her understanding of the pressures children feel to conform (“You'll be the only one without a nice picture for your mother,” says Miss Tilley) and her respect for their individualism, which to the uninformed, may appear like acting-out. "
--Publishers Weekly