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"Miss Rumphius" 1982 COONEY, Barbara [story and pictures by]
$45
COONEY, Barbara [story and pictures by]
The Viking Press
1982
8 1/4" x 10 1/2"
Fine/ Fine
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.