ISLAND BOY
and MISS RUMPHIUS

Author: Barbara Cooney
Narrator: Tracy Lord
Music: Bruce Boege

 

Ages: 5 and up

Cassette:
Length: 32 min. / 1 cassette
ISBN#1-883332-20-6
Price: $12.95

CD:
Length: 32 min ./ 1 CD
ISBN#1-883332-66-4
Price: $15.95

Miss Rumphius paperback - $6.99
Island Boy paperback - $5.99
  
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Audio Reviews:

"...beautifully presented. Read by Tracy Lord, the stories radiate the author's love of Maine. Clear and crisp - a worthy choice for any listening center."
                     -School Library Journal

"Lord reads with a tender tone that warmly invites listeners to lose themselves in these family stories of days gone by."
                     -Publishers Weekly

"A perfect pairing of the two picture books that Cooney claims are closest to her heart."
                     -Audiofile

SYNOPSIS:

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 tragedy. Tracy Lord is a master at interpretation of children's books - her warm, lilting voice can be listened to over and over. See also Eleanor/Hattie and the Wild Waves read by Barbara Cooney!