![]() She stares straight ahead, but we’re told she notices the colorful lupines outside her window. There is a cane beside her bed, a cane which we won’t see again until the end of the book, when she’s not just old but “very old.” The picture shows Miss Rumphius alone in bed with her cat and a book she is not reading. When she goes to the Land of the Lotus-Eaters, the text says, “and there, getting off a camel, she hurt her back.” In the picture, she’s pressing her hand into her back while she rides the camel sidesaddle. The fictional story - which feels real - is about the Lupine Lady, a little girl named Alice who, over the course of her life, finds a way to take her grandfather’s advice: “You must do something to make the world more beautiful.” That something has a lot to do with lupines.Īfter working as a librarian, Miss Rumphius travels the world. The Lupine Award, presented by the Maine Library Association, got its name from this very book. ![]() This one was published in 1982 and won the American Book Award. ![]() I’m always up for a good picture book - one whose words and pictures work together to tell the story. My friend Sharon Gibbs recommended this book to me, and L.L. ![]()
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