Miss Rumphius
1982 children's book by Barbara Cooney / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Miss Rumphius is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney and originally published by the Viking Press 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.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Author | Barbara Cooney |
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Illustrator | Barbara Cooney |
Language | English |
Genre | Picture book |
Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | November 1982 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 32 pp (first edition) |
ISBN | 978-0-14-050539-9 |
OCLC | 12724739 |
[E] 19 | |
LC Class | PZ7.C783 Mi 1985 |
Cooney and William Steig (Doctor De Soto) shared the 1983 National Book Award for Children's Books in the Hardcover Picture Books category.[6][lower-alpha 1] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."[7] In 2012, it was ranked number 13 among the "Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by the School Library Journal.[8] The Lupine Award of the Maine Library Association is named in honor of the book,[9] as is the New Jersey Center for the Book's Miss Rumphius Award[10] given to librarians and teachers who develop creative activities to support literacy education.[11]