1917
Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (died 2000)
Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (died 2000)
Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (died 2000)
Barbara Cooney
American writer and illustrator of children's books
- Born
- 1917
Barbara Cooney was an American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books, published for over sixty years. She received two Caldecott Medals for her work on Chanticleer and the Fox (1958) and Ox-Cart Man (1979), and a National Book Award for Miss Rumphius (1982). Her books have been translated into ten languages.