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Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney · Booklabria

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Miss Rumphius

Children's fictionFamily

Miss Rumphius

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First published: 1982
Editions: 19 in 3 languages

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: Children's fiction
Family
Animals
Spanish language materials
Girls
Ficción juvenil

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19 in 3 languages

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English14 Spanish4 Chinese1

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