In the evening Alice sat on her grandfather's knee and listened to his stories of faraway places.
An edition of Miss Rumphius
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Miss Rumphius
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by Barbara Cooney
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Summary, As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
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Aunts, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's literature, Girls, Great-aunts, Realistic fiction, Nonsexist children's literature, Responsibility in girls, Single women, Voyages and travels, Old age, Lupines, Juvenile literature, Librarians, Grandfathers, Women and the sea, Gardeners, Children's fiction, Family, fiction, Voyages and travels, fiction, Tías, Ficción juvenil, Self-realization, Spanish language materials, Novela juvenil, Desarrollo de sí mismo, Auto-realización, Tias, Fiction, general, Literature and fiction, juvenile, Animals, fiction, Chinese language materials, Bedtime, fictionShowing 5 featured editions. View all 29 editions?
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LA Senorita Emilia/Miss Rumphius
March 1994, Ediciones Ekare
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As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
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