Barbara Cooney
1) Miss Rumpius
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Español
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The true story of Miss Rumphius, who made the world a more beautiful place with a handful of seeds.
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English
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Barbara Cooney's famous tale Miss Rumphius is paired with her own favorite - Island Boy -in this recording. Miss Rumphius exhorts the listener to follow her example in life - conciously do somthing to make the world more beautiful. In Island Boy the full circle of life is told - young Mathais is born on an island off the coast of Maine, and lives a good long life of hard work and loving family, altho' it's not without
...4) Eleanor
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English
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Presents the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt, who married a president of the United States and became known as a great humanitarian.
6) Island boy
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English
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Matthais grows from a little boy to a grandfather on a small island out in the bay.
9) Roxaboxen
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English
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A hill covered with rocks and wooden boxes becomes an imaginary town for Marian, her sisters, and their friends.
11) Ox-cart man
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English
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Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.
15) Emily
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English
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When a mother and child pay a visit to their reclusive neighbor Emily, who stays in her house writing poems, there is an exchange of special gifts.
16) Basket moon
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English
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After hearing some men call his father and him hillbillies on his first trip into the nearby town of Hudson, a young boy is not so sure he still wants to become a basket maker.
18) Emma
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English
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Motivated by a birthday gift, a 72-year-old woman begins to paint.