An edition of Miss Rumphius (1982)

Miss Rumphius

Story Tape (StoryTape, Puffin)

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An edition of Miss Rumphius (1982)

Miss Rumphius

Story Tape (StoryTape, Puffin)

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.8 (4 ratings) ·
  • 69 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

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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Puffin
Language
English
Pages
32

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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, fiction

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Hua po po
2007, Hebei jiao yu chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
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Cover of: Miss Rumphius
Miss Rumphius: Story Tape (StoryTape, Puffin)
April 1, 1994, Puffin
in English
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Cover of: LA Senorita Emilia/Miss Rumphius
LA Senorita Emilia/Miss Rumphius
March 1994, Ediciones Ekare
Hardcover in Spanish
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"In the evening Alice sat on her grandfather's knee and listened to his stories of faraway places."

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OL7357894M
ISBN 10
0140950265
ISBN 13
9780140950267
Library Thing
33776
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583891

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In the evening Alice sat on her grandfather's knee and listened to his stories of faraway places.
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July 12, 2024 Edited by Lisa merge authors
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