Miss Rumphius

Miss Rumphius
Miss Rumphius book cover 1st edition cover
Author(s)	Barbara Cooney
Illustrator	Barbara Cooney
Country	United States of America
Language	English
Genre(s)	Children's picture book
Publisher	Viking Press
Publication date	November 1982(1st edition)
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	32 pp (Hardcover 1st edition)
ISBN	ISBN 0-14-050539-3 (Hardcover 1st edition)
OCLC Number	12724739
Dewey Decimal	[E] 19
LC Classification	PZ7.C783 Mi 1985

Miss Rumphius is a children’s fiction book by Barbara Cooney, published in 1982. The book follows the life story of Miss Alice Rumphius, a woman who sought a way to make the world more beautiful, and who found it in planting lupins in the wild.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

A film adaptation of Miss Rumphius, was made by Spellbound Productions, Inc. in 2000. ^[1] 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, and a Bronze Plaque at the 2001 Columbus International Film and Video Festiva

Sources, references, external links, quotations

References

• Ortakales, Denise. 2000–2002 Barbara Cooney ^[2]

External links

Teaching resources based on the novel

• Fitzgerald, Alissa. Miss Rumphius. Philosophy for kids. Site accessed 26 October 2006. ^[3]
• Frey, Carol and Jennifer Meier. ‘Be a Good Citizen with Miss Rumphius: A WebQuest for 2nd-3rd Grade’. Yorkville CUSD, 2001. ^[4]
• Garthwait, Gail. ‘Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney’. Maine Samplers Part 1I. Maine Association of School Libraries. Site accessed 26 October 2006. ^[5]
• Lovelett, Sandvoss, Schoenberg, and Stoll. Pre-reading activity. Last update 4, January, 2000. ^[6]
• Liefer, Patricia. ‘Traveling with Miss Rumphius’. Promoting Geographic Knowledge through Literature Workshop, July 7–19, 2002. ^[7]
• Milks, Cindy and Cheri Jeralds. ‘Teacher CyberGuide: Miss Rumphius’. San Diego County Office of Education, 1998. ^[8]
• Miyoshi-Miller, Cathi. ‘Children’s book illustration: Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney’. 27 March 1999, last update 10 April 1999. ^[9]
• Web English Teacher. Links to teaching resources based on Miss Rumphius. Last updated 17 October 2005. ^[10]

Other related websites

• Information about the Miss Rumphius Award^[11]
• Interviews with the award winners ^[12]
• Leu, Donald J. Jr., Rachel A. Karchmer and Deborah Diadiun Leu. The Miss Rumphius Effect: Envisionments for Literacy and Learning That Transform the Internet. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, April 1999. ^[13]

See also

• Seed bombing

References

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2. ^ Denise Ortakales. "Women Children's Book Illustrators-Barbara Cooney (1917-2000)". Ortakales.com. http://www.ortakales.com/Illustrators/Cooney.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
3. ^ "Philosophy For Kids". Philosophy For Kids. http://philosophyforkids.com/resources/miss_rumphius_alissa.shtml. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
4. ^ "WebQuest". Yorkville.k12.il.us. http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqfreymeier/webqsfreymeier.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
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6. ^ "Reading Strategy: Miss Rumphius Anticipation Guide". Somers.k12.ny.us. http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/reading/rumphius.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
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9. ^ "Miss Rumphius-Main Page". Scils.rutgers.edu. http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/rumphius.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
10. ^ "Barbara Cooney @Web English Teacher". Webenglishteacher.com. 2010-12-28. http://www.webenglishteacher.com/bcooney.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
11. ^ "International Reading Association home page". Reading.org. http://www.reading.org/resources/community/links_rumphius_info.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
12. ^ "Interviews with Miss Rumphius Award Winners |". Wm.edu. http://www.wm.edu/education/research/cdjohn/interviews.php. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
13. ^ "Electronic Classroom: March 1999 Exploring Literacy Column from RT". Reading Online. http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/RT/rumphius.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02.