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Seeking adventure in faraway places, Miss Rumphius fulfills her dream and then sets out to make the world more beautiful.
About the Author
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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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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5.0 out of 5 stars
An enduring story!,
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This review is from: Miss Rumphius (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!
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My Favorite Book of All Time,
By Jessie Wood (Salem, OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Miss Rumphius (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,
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This review is from: Miss Rumphius (Paperback)
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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