The Cloudmakers

by James Rumford

Book Overview

In this exciting interpretation of the legend of how papermaking spread throughout the world, a Chinese grandfather and his grandson are captured by the great sultan of Samarkand. They bargain for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618689516
• ISBN13: 9780618689514
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 10.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Reading Jim Rumford's "The Cloud Makers" in Russia

My mother shipped this book to me when I was living in Russia this past Christmas. I sat down one evening with a 9 year old Russian boy and his father who were ignoring a party going on around them to read and translate this story into Russian. The father knew English fairly well, but his son, who had only studied English for 3 years, corrected his father many times because the son understood that you need to study the pictures to correctly translate the story - not just read the words. Jim Rumford's beautiful watercolors made all the difference. Spasibo, Jim