James Rumford

James Rumford has studied more than a dozen languages and worked in the Peace Corps, where he traveled to Africa, Asia, and Afghanistan. He is the author-illustrator of "Sequoyah" "The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing," a 2005 Sibert Honor Book; "Calabash Cat and His Amazing Journey"; "Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354"; and "There's a Monster in the Alphabet." He lives in Hawaii.