Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney
Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney
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Miss Rumphius

Author: Barbara Cooney

Narrator: Ellen Archer

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/13/2018


Synopsis

Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, then a seed of an idea is planted and blossoms into a beautiful plan.  This beloved classic and celebration of nature—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever!

Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went. Miss Rumphius received the American Book Award in the year of publication.

The illustrations have been reoriginated, going back to the original art to ensure state-of-the-art reproduction of Cooney's exquisite artwork. The art for Miss Rumphius has a permanent home in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

About The Author

Like Miss Rumphius, the late Barbara Cooney traveled the world, lived in a house by the sea in Maine, and, through her art, made the world more beautiful. A two-time Caldecott Medal winner, Cooney is known for beautifully illustrated books such as her adaptation of Chaucer's The Nun Preist's Tale (Caldecott Winner, 1959), and Miss Rumphius, winner of both the American Book Award and a New York Times citation in 1982.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sasha on October 19, 2018

"We saw a shadow on your son's lungs," is what they told us. He was ten months old. We were frozen. What could the shadow be? It could be anything. There's a universe of possibilities about that shadow. It could be bad or it could be the end of the world. It was his stomach, it turns out. He had a h......more

Goodreads review by Majenta on August 09, 2018

Beautiful concept, beautifully rendered. Beautiful.......more

Goodreads review by Calista on May 07, 2019

I like this book. It tells the story of Great Aunt Alice known as the Lupine lady. She wanted to travel - very smart and she wanted to live by the sea. He father told her that was very well, but she also needed to do something to make the world a more beautiful place. Her father was amazing he crave......more

Goodreads review by Darla on June 30, 2022

You must do something to make the world more beautiful. Alice loved sitting at her grandfather's knee in his house by the sea, listening to tales about travelling to faraway places. When she grew up she would go on travelling adventures and then she would live by the sea. Grandfather gave her a third......more

Goodreads review by Katie on November 22, 2016

If my mom had a nickel for every time she read this story to me . . . she'd be a millionaire. That's how much I loved it. I still think it's one of the greatest books ever written, and I wouldn't be the same person I am today without it.......more