Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
	List Price:   $18.40 Unit Price:   $14.72 You Save:   $3.68 (20%) ISBN-10:   0808566555 ISBN-13:   9780808566557 Publisher:   Turtleback Books Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   January 1985 Format:   Library Binding Grades:   0 to 3
Awards
1977  Georgia Children's Picture StoryBook Award  Winner!  1980  Colorado Children's Book Award  Winner!  1983  Golden Sower Award  Winner!  1984  Children's Picture StoryBook Award (USA)  Winner!  1988  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
'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. Copyright ? Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. Miss Rumphius eventually carries out her grandfather's request to make the world more beautiful.