name: Barbara Cooney
birth_date: 1917-08-06 00:00:00
death_date: 2000-03-14 00:00:00
genres: Art, Children's
avg_rating: 4.22
ratings_count: 103989
about: 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. 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. ...more