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Ms. Rapscott's Girls
Elise Primavera
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  • Published: 10 March 2015
  • ISBN: 9781101593370
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272

Ms. Rapscott's Girls

  • Elise Primavera




Fans of Mary Poppins will love this whimsical tale of a boarding school for children of very busy parents, where an extraordinary headmistress teaches them life lessons about courage, adventure, friendship . . . and the importance of birthday cake.

Nestled inside a lighthouse, Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents takes its motto from Amelia Earhart: Adventure is worthwhile in itself. Headmistress Ms. Rapscott couldn’t agree more, but her students, who are shipped to the school in boxes, could use a little convincing. Still, despite their initial reluctance, the students are soon soaring through the sky and getting lost on purpose. In addition to learning what birthday cakes are and how best to approach a bumbershoot tree, the students also manage to learn a little something about strength and bravery.

Bestselling author Elise Primavera has created an irresistible, richly illustrated story about finding your way.

  • Published: 10 March 2015
  • ISBN: 9781101593370
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272

Praise for Ms. Rapscott's Girls

Elise Primavera's New York Times bestselling book Auntie Claus was recently optioned by Jon Peters at Athena Studio for a stop-motion feature length animated film.

Elise Primavera's illustrations for Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolen received the Christopher Award, the Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature from the Bank Street College of Education, and an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award. Newsweek, Sesame Street Parents magazine, and Smithsonian Magazine selected the book as one of the best of 1998.

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