Miss Rumphius

Miss Rumphius

Front cover of first edition
Author Barbara Cooney
Illustrator Barbara Cooney
Country United States
Language English
Genre Picture book
Publisher Viking Press
Publication date
November 1982
Media type Print (hardcover)
Pages 32 pp (first edition)
ISBN 0-14-050539-3 (first edition)
OCLC 12724739
[E] 19
LC Class PZ7.C783 Mi 1985

Miss Rumphius is a picture book for children written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney and first published by Viking Books 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 lupine in the wild.

Cooney and William Steig (Doctor De Soto) shared the 1983 National Book Award for Children's Books in category Picture Books, Hardcover.[1][lower-alpha 1] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."[2] In 2012 it was ranked number 13 among the "Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by School Library Journal.[3]

Adaptations

A film adaptation of Miss Rumphius was made by Spellbound Productions in 2000.[4] The film was directed by Sarah Kerruish and narrated by Claire Danes. It is available as a video in Spanish and English. The film is 18 minutes long.

The film won the UNICEF Prize at the 2002 Barcelona International TV and Video Festival as well as a Bronze Plaque at the 2001 Columbus International Film and Video Festival.

Sources, references, external links, quotations

References
Teaching resources based on the novel
Other related websites

See also

Notes

  1. Picture books were separately recognized for only two years in National Book Awards history, during four years when there were dual hardcover and paperback awards in many categories.

References

  1. "National Book Awards – 1983". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  2. National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  3. Bird, Elizabeth (July 6, 2012). "Top 100 Picture Books Poll Results". A Fuse #8 Production. Blog. School Library Journal (blog.schoollibraryjournal.com). Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  4. Denise Ortakales. "Women Children's Book Illustrators-Barbara Cooney (1917-2000)". Ortakales.com. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  5. "Philosophy For Kids". Philosophy For Kids. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  6. "WebQuest". Yorkville.k12.il.us. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  7. Archived September 29, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Reading Strategy: Miss Rumphius Anticipation Guide". Somers.k12.ny.us. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  9. Archived September 6, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Archived April 27, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Miss Rumphius-Main Page". Scils.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  12. "Barbara Cooney @Web English Teacher". Webenglishteacher.com. 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  13. "International Reading Association home page". Reading.org. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  14. "Interviews with Miss Rumphius Award Winners |". Wm.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  15. "Electronic Classroom: March 1999 Exploring Literacy Column from RT". Reading Online. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
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