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Island below the Star: a poem of praise for the peoples of the Pacific.“See, my brothers, that bright star up there. There’s an island below it. Let us sail to it.”Little Manu was the first to speak. “I’ll go with you,” he said.And so begins the story of how the first people sailed to Hawai‘i, crossing vast stretches of ocean without compass or map to discover new lands. Island below the Star is a revised edition of The Island-below-the-Star, which was published in 1998 and praised in The New York Times as one of the ten best children’s books of that year.Island below the Star is also published in the Hawaiian language under the title Ka ‘Aina ma lalo o ka Hoku.James Rumford, who makes his home in Honolulu, has written and illustrated over twenty books since his first book, The Cloudmakers, was published in 1996. His books have been translated into over a half dozen languages and have received numerous awards for excellence in illustration, story, and design.
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One of top ten children's books for 98--NYTimes
Just a note to say that Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, critic for the New York Times chose this book as one of the ten best children's picture books for 1998. (See New York Times, Dec. 7, 1998, B-7)
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Master storyteller James Rumford combines his love for art and history in his picture books. Each of his books is vastly different in its content, design, and illustrations but one aspect remains constant throughout his work: his passion about his subjects. Rumford, a resident of Hawaii, has studied more than a dozen languages and worked in the Peace Corps, where he traveled to Africa, Asia, and Afghanistan. He draws from these experiences and the history of his subject when he is working on a book. His book Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing was a 2005 Sibert Honor winner.
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