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Miss Rumphius

by Barbara Cooney

Comment on this title and you could win free books! Synopses & Reviews Comment on this title and you could win free books! ISBN13: 9780140505399 ISBN10: 0140505393 Condition: Standard All Product Details

 

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Publisher Comments:

"As a child (Alice Rumphius) dreamed of travel... and of a house by the sea; but Grandfather had made one further request: 'You must do something to make the world more beautiful.' The simple story is accompanied by glowing pictures." The Horn Book. American Book Award. Full-color illustrations.

Synopsis:

Cooney's beloved American Book Award winner now comes to Puffin Storytime. The package comes with an audio CD with a professional reading of this beloved story. Full color.

Synopsis:

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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ISBN:

9780140505399

Author:

Cooney, Barbara

Publisher:

Puffin Books

performance Narrated:

Claire Danes.

Location:

Weston, CT

Subject:

General

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Girls & Women

Subject:

Children's fiction

Subject:

Girls

Subject:

New england

Subject:

Growth

Subject:

Islands

Subject:

Aunts

Subject:

Great-aunts

Subject:

Aunts -- Fiction.

Subject:

Great-aunts -- Fiction.

Subject:

Talking book collection.

Subject:

Situations / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

Subject:

Children s-General

Subject:

Classics

Copyright:

c198

Edition Description:

Trade Paper, Picture

Series:

Picture Puffin Books

Series Volume:

34

Publication Date:

19851131

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

from K up to AND UP

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Y

Pages:

32

Dimensions:

4 3/4 in. +

Media Run Time:

001500

Age Level:

04-08

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Product details 32 pages Puffin Books - 2007-11-02 English 9780140505399 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Ingram, Cooney's beloved American Book Award winner now comes to Puffin Storytime. The package comes with an audio CD with a professional reading of this beloved story. Full color.

"Synopsis" by Libri, 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.