Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney -- Day 2

When young Alice Rumphius tells her grandfather that she wants to go to faraway places and ultimately live by the sea, her grandfather replies that that is all very well but there is a third thing she must do. “You must do something to make the world more beautiful.” And indeed that is what she does, adventuring over the world and returning to her Maine home to plant lupines, which spread gloriously to cover the seacoast. This intergenerational story, gently told and superbly illustrated by Barbara Cooney, certifies the big difference a good idea and positive energy can make. Ages 4-8.

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