The Rumphius Story ( Character Skech)
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Miss Rumphius is the story of Alice Rumphius and her desire to do three things: live by the sea, go to faraway places and make the world a more beautiful place. This third desire is instilled in young Alice by her wise old grandfather, and is mostly what this special story is about. After Alice listens to her grandfather's stories of faraway places, Alice tells him she, too, will go to faraway places and she will eventually settle by the sea. Alice's grandfather intones, that is all well and good, but you must also do a third thing. "You must do something to make the world more beautiful."
After an account of Alice's travel, very appealingly illustrated, the story moves on to depict the charming seaside town Alice eventually settles in. Here Alice will do her Grandfather proud and start making the world more beautiful. After a hard winter, Alice realizes that her lupines (a gorgeous flower of purple, blue and rose) have not only survived but expanded, with a little help from the wind and the birds. Alice has her "aha" moment. She orders large quantities of the very best lupine seeds from the very best seed house. When the seeds arrive, Alice fills her pockets daily and scatters the seeds wherever she goes. Lupines flourish and prosper throughout the whole town, thus making her corner of the world a more beautiful place.
At the end of this story, you realize the narrator is actually Alice's great niece, Alice. Great Aunt Alice urges her great niece to also find her own way to make the world a more beautiful place. Both the gorgeous language and exquisite illustrations make this book a prize to be won by the lucky reader who gets to enjoy it. Barbara Cooney, it seems, was ahead of her time with this very green story of taking care of our environment.
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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.