Miss Rumphius is charged with 3 tasks as she grows up – go to faraway places, live by the sea and make the world a more beautiful place. She has an adventurous life and the book has beautiful illustrations and a great message.

I used to be a kindergarten teacher in a mixed-age school/ daycare center ( we were a center set up for state employees, in a state building right behind our State House in Boston) and we never knew who might drop in unannounced….like Governor Dukakis…

So it was during this time that I discovered Miss Rumphius. I urge anyone to read this book- the illustrations are just beautiful, and the advice given to the main character could serve as object lessons for us all.