What do you think was the effect of Miss Rumphius’s deed on them?
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Miss Rumphius is a picture book for children written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney and first published by Viking Books in 1982. It features the life story of fictional Miss Alice Rumphius, a woman who sought a way to make the world more beautiful and found it in planting lupines in the wild. Miss Rumphius was inspired by the real life "Lupine Lady," Hilda Hamlin, who spread lupine seeds along the Maine coast, as well as Cooney's own experiences traveling the world.Cooney and William Steig (Doctor De Soto) shared the 1983 National Book Award for Children's Books in the hardcover Picture Books category. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children.In 2012 it was ranked number 13 among the "Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by School Library Journal. The Lupine Award of the Maine Library Association is named in honor of this book,as is the New Jersey Center for the Book's Miss Rumphius Award given to librarians and teachers who develop creative activities to support literacy education.