New Releases by Robert Byrd

A beautifully illustrated account of the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts with informative details from the award-winning author of Electric Ben The story of Jason and the Argonauts is one of the earliest recorded Greek myths. Here, master artist Robert Byrd has created a striking telling of the legend for a new generation of readers. Complete with explanatory notes and illustrated back matter, Jason and the Argonauts traces each step of our hero’s journey, from the Golden Fleece’s origin story and Jason’s childhood to his triumphant return with the prize and eventual death. Deftly designed to accommodate glorious large pictures and captioned insets, the book is not only a great story, but a wealth of information about ancient Greece.

This autobiography follows West Virginia senator Robert C. Byrd''s experiences from his boyhood in the early 1920s to his election in 2000, which won him an unprecedented eighth term in the Senate. Within these pages, Senator Byrd offers commentary on national and international events that occurred throughout his long life in public service. His journey from the hardscrabble coalfields to the marbled halls of Congress has inspired generations of people in West Virginia and throughout the nation. From reading the stories of the Founding Fathers as a young boy by the light of a kerosene lamp to the swearing of an oath for more than a half-century to guard the US Constitution, Senator Byrd''s life is legendary. Until his death on June 28, 2010, Byrd stood by his principles, earning the affection of the people of his home state and the respect of Americans from all walks of life. With his beloved Erma ever by his side, Robert C. Byrd never forgot his roots, harkening back to those early lessons that he learned as a child of the Appalachian coalfields. This new paperback edition includes a foreword by Gaston Caperton, governor of West Virginia from 1989-1997.

Whack! What’s that? Could it be? A piece of the sky! Oh my! Chicken Little and his friends run, run, run to tell the king. Nothing stands in the way except...the sly Foxy Loxy. Surely they have time to stop for lunch with Foxy and his kits. But what happens when Chicken Little and company find themselves on the menu? What this classic story needs is a new ending and a brave hero. And maybe this time, it’s Chicken Little! Cleverly retold and exquisitely illustrated by Robert Byrd, Brave Chicken Little transforms a cautionary fable into a tale of triumph.

Electric Ben is now a 2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Book Award Winner, a Kirkus Reviews Best Children''s Book, a Horn Fanfare Book, and a Robert F. Sibert Honor book! “a true standout…bright, witty, informative and cleverly organized as the man himself.” – The New York Times A true Renaissance man, Benjamin Franklin was the first American celebrity. In pictures and text, master artist Robert Byrd documents Franklin''s numerous and diverse accomplishments, from framing the Constitution to creating bifocals. The witty, wise, and endlessly curious Franklin is the perfect subject for Byrd''s lively style and vibrant art. The pages pulse with facts, quotes, and captions, while the inventive design and intricately detailed illustrations make a striking tribute to the brilliant American.

Muslim heresiographers present the medieval rationalist school of theology known as the Muʻtazila as heretics, while modern Western and modernist Muslim scholarship almost invariably present the Muʻtazila as the original free-thinkers of Islam. The result is a polarized view of the Muʻtazili tradition tradition; Islamists view the Muʻtazila as a heresy best forgotten while modernists, Muslim and Western, as historical proof of Islam's essentially rational character. The present study is an attempt to problematize both perspectives by reexamining the concepts of reason (or rationalism) and tradition (or traditionalism) in light of Muʻtazilite theology and ethics. This analysis shows that the modern heirs of Muʻtazili thought are not be sought in Muslim scholastic theology or Enlightenment liberalism, but in the postmodern critiques of Western Muslim scholars such as Tariq Ramadan and Khaled Abou El Fadl.

La mejor forma de introducir a los lectores jóvenes a la fascinante vida del genio del Renacimiento, Leonardo Da Vinci famoso en su tiempo como pintor, inventor, y filósofo, era también un músico, escultor, e ingeniero para los duques, los papas, y los reyes. Este espléndido libro no solo despertará el interés de los amantes de la ciencia, la historia y la enseñanza con su elocuente tributo a una mente dotada de una energía incontenible, sino que despertará también el potencial que yace en la imaginación de todo el que posee una mente inquieta. Roberto Byrd celebra este genio apasionado y juguetón en un libro con ilustraciones a color estilo historieta, que brillan intensamente con la riqueza e imaginación, como los propios cuadernos de Leonardo. Se muestran sus diseños futuristas e investigación científica propias de la ambiciosa brillantez de un visionario soñador. En este álbum magníficamente estructurado, el laureado Robert Byrd nos muestra sus grandes conocimientos sobre la figura de Leonardo, fruto de profundas investigaciones y de su inmensa y vieja pasión por él, celebrando la impresionante e ilimitada imaginación del artista. Este libro ganó la concesión de Oro, Golden Kite Award 2004 ¿ Young Readers 2004. Robert Byrd Byrd ha escrito e ilustrado un buen número de libros e infantiles y juveniles, como Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife, que el School Library Journal definió como ¿un cuento tan profundo como una vida, con dominio del lenguaje, estilo propio y respeto por las fuentes.¿ The Horn Book recibió la publicación de su San Francis and the Christmas Donkey reseñando que ¿es un deleite visual¿ [y] una muy personal sinfonía para la vista, plena de alegría y de amor.¿ Byrd nació en Atlantic City y estudió en el Philadelphia Museum College of Art. Da clases de ilustración infantil en la University of Arts y en el Moore College of Art and Design de Filadelfia. Tiene dos hijos mayores

Illustrations and text portray the life of Leonardo Da Vinci, who gained fame as an artist through such works as Mona Lisa and as a scientist by studying various subjects such as human anatomy and flight.

Famous in his time as a painter, prankster, and philosopher, Leonardo da Vinci was also a musician, sculptor, and engineer for dukes, popes, and kings. What remains of his work-from futuristic designs and scientific inquiry to artwork of ethereal beauty-reveals the ambitious, unpredictable brilliance of a visionary, and a timeless dreamer. Robert Byrd celebrates this passionate, playful genius in a glowing picture book replete with the richness and imagination of Leonardo''s own notebooks. Twenty lavish spreads, including side drawings, supplemental texts, and quotes from Leonardo''s writings, highlight distinct periods and make the master''s art, jokes, explorations, and inventions wonderfully vivid and accessible. A striking tribute to an irrepressible mind and to the potential within all who are curious.

When all the mice would sing and dance, one would stay home and count his money, but then he needs to decide whether or not to share his wealth when everyone loses their jobs.

For three hundred years the Society of Friends, or Quakers, has been forwarding to governments recommendations on foreign policy. In this study, Dr. Byrd brings together and states carefully and accurately those beliefs, principles, attitudes, and practices which have been fundamental to the Quaker approach.