Miss Rumphius

Miss Rumphius / story and pictures by Barbara Cooney.

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooney, Barbara, 1917-2000 (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Viking Press, 1982.
Subjects:
Great-aunts > Juvenile fiction.
Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels > Juvenile fiction.
Librarians > Juvenile fiction.
Gardeners > Juvenile fiction.
Women and the sea > Juvenile fiction.
Old age > Juvenile fiction.
Lupines > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, American > 20th century.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Dust jackets (Bindings) > 1982.
Publishers' advertisements > 1982.
Authors' autographs (Provenance) > Cooney > 1982.
Holy Cross Note:Children's Literature Collection
Description
Summary:As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
Physical Description:32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
Audience:Ages 3-8.
Grades K-3.
Awards:Winner of the American Book Award.
National Book Award winner, children's picture books (hardcover), 1983.
Production Credits:Music composed by John Jennings.
ISBN:0670479586
9780670479580
Place of Publication:United States -- New York -- New York.
Participant or Performer:Cast: Narrated by Claire Danes.
Study Program Information Note:Accelerated Reader
Reading Counts RC:
Accelerated Reader AR

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