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.
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