Seeking adventure in faraway places, Miss Rumphius fulfills her dream and then sets out to make the world more beautiful.
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Barbara Cooney is a renowned author and illustrator whose award-winning work includes Miss Rumphius, Hattie and the Wild Waves, and Island Boy, as well as the Caldecott Medal-winning books Ox-Cart Man and The Chanticleer and the Fox. She lives in Damariscotta, Maine.
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In the evening Alice sat on her grandfather's knee and listened to his stories of faraway places. Read the first page
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By Kim
Format:Paperback
The story's message is useful for children, and adults, and the pictures are detailed and beautiful. The story is gentle and speaks of family and community, values I wish every individual would treasure! A gem!
By Jessie Wood
Format:Paperback
I received this book on my 8th birthday & begged my mom to read it to me over & over again. It has left such a lasting memory with me. Now 26, my 3 year old daughter begs me to read it to her. I of course, jump at the chance. Every little girl needs to have this book in their collection.
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Miss Rumphius is a very good book. It is about a little girl named Alice who lived in a city by the sea. She told her grandfather that when she grew up she would travel around the world and live in a little house by the sea. Her grandfather said that was all very well but she would also have to do something to make the world more beautiful. When Alice got older she traveled all over the world and saw many different things and did many neat things too. Then she bought a little house by the sea, but she still had not done anything to make the world more beautiful. One spring she was ill. When she looked out her bedroom window she could see the lupines she had planted the summer before. They were so pretty, she wished she could have planted more. When she got better, she went outside and found lupines all over the hill. She knew the wind must have done it. Then she had an idea; she would sprinkle lupine seeds everywhere she went. That was what she would do to make the world more beautiful. And she did.
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My Favorite
This will always be my all-time favorite book. This story spans four generations as we first meet Alice as a young girl who helps her grandfather. Read more
Published on Dec 7 2003 by britneyxyz
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Miss Rumphius
Miss Rumphius Story and pictures by Barbara Cooney Published by The Penguin Group New York.
My favorite book as a child was Miss Rumphius, It's a book that makes you want to go... Read more
Published on Nov 5 2003
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This is a book that every girl should read...
What an inspiration to all girls to read this book. Go out into the world, have adventures, and come back home. Read more
Published on Aug 11 2003 by Barbara Bell
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Answers THAT question from a child
Many children ask, in various ways, the meaning of life. And, as adults, we stutter and try to cough out some semblance of a meaningful answer that the child will understand. Read more
Published on July 30 2003 by Jennifer L. Metcalf
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Miss Rumphius
Miss Rumphius is about Lady, who when younger traveled all over the world just like she told her Grand-father she would. Read more
Published on Mar 16 2003
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Lovely, lovely, lovely
One of the best children's stories ever written! Gorgeous illustrations, and a message for all children. I cannot recommend it enough! Read more
Published on Mar 6 2003
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It is simply wonderful story
I have an 8 yr. old and once she was finished reading her book; she wanted to go and buy some of those lupines seeds. She wanted to do the same as Miss. Rumphius. Read more
Published on Feb 3 2003
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Make the World More Beautiful.....
When Alice was a little girl she lived in a village by the sea, and in the evenings would sit on her grandfather's knee and listen to his stories of faraway places. Read more
Published on Jun 4 2002 by Roz Levine
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Wonderful Wonderful
One of the most cherished books in our house! My daughter and I went out and planted lupines in our garden and every spring she delights when they come up. Read more
Published on May 15 2002 by "lantieri"
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Miss Rumphius a Hit!
A real classic Ñ Miss Rumphius was recommended by a children's book expert when I was searching for a Christmas gift for a granddaughter. Read more
Published on Mar 12 2002 by Susan R. Murray
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