Miss Rumphius
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670479580 (0670479586)
Publish date: November 8th 1982
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Classics,
Travel,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Environment,
Nature,
Family,
Picture Books,
Inspirational
I wanted to like this book, but there's too much in it that I object to starting with the "wooden Indians" moving onto "Bapa Raja" (I cannot find any origin for this term... maybe it's Indonesian? Maybe it's Sri Lankan?) the onto the "land of the lotus-eaters" (according to Wikipedia this may be Lib...
Miss Rumphius is one of my all time favorite books by one of my all time favorite authors/illustrators. I didn’t own a copy, so when I saw a paperback version in a donation pile, I snatched it up. Eventually, I hope to get a hardback copy. But for right now, I have the Lupine Lady and her quest to d...
I was in my 20's when I read this and it made me cry. I'm not sure why it had that effect on me then nor why it still does now.However, I want to spread seeds around my town, only I will sprinkle Bachelor Buttons, a flower that was plentiful in my childhood but has nearly disappeared in the many yea...
This is a Cute book with nice pictures.
"You must do something to make the world more beautiful."Message that a life worth living includes a contribution to the world.Love the transition:"Maybe it is time to find my place by the sea."And it was, and she did . . .
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