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Barbara Cooney

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Gender Female
Death23 years ago
Date of birth August 6,1917
Zodiac sign Leo
Born Brooklyn
New York
United States
Date of died March 10,2000
DiedDamariscotta
Maine
United States
SpouseCharles Talbot Porter
Guy Murchie
Job Author
Illustrator
Education Buckley Country Day School
Smith College
Awards Caldecott Medal
National Book Award for Children's Books (Picture Books, Hardcover)
National Book Award for Children’s (Picture , Hardcover)
Notabl award Caldecott Medal
Periods 1940–1999
GenresChildren's Picture ; Fiction
Poetry
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Date of Upd.
ID502199

Ox-Cart Man
Chanticleer and the Fox
Island Boy
Hattie and the Wild Waves
Basket Moon
The year of the perfect Christmas tree
The Crows of Pearblossom
The Story of Holly and Ivy
Eleanor
Letting Swift River go
When the Sky Is Like Lace
The Man who Didn't Wash His Dishes
Louhi, Witch of North Farm: A Story from Finland's Epic Poem, the Kalevala
Only Opal: The Diary of a Young Girl
The Little Juggler
LA Senorita Emilia/Miss Rumphius
The donkey prince
Peter's long walk
The Story of Christmas
Remarkable Christmas of the Cobbler's Sons
Emma
Squawk to the moon, little goose
The best Christmas
Garland of Games and Other Diversions
Read Me Another Story
Christmas folk
How the Hibernators Came to Bethlehem
Roxaboxen
Midsummer Magic: A Garland of Stories, Charms, and Recipes
Miss Rumphius: Grade 2
Little Prayer
The house mouse
Quand le fermier se rendait au marché
Tortillitas Para Mamá and Other Nursery Rhymes: Spanish and English
Miss Rumphius
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Barbara Cooney was an American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books, published over sixty years. She received two Caldecott Medals for her work on Chanticleer and the Fox and Ox-Cart Man, and a National Book Award for Miss Rumphius. Her books have been translated into 10 languages.

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