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Barbara Cooney
(1917 - 2000)
Barbara Cooney (August 6, 1917 – March 10, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 200 children’s books published over sixty years. She won two Caldecott Medals recognizing the year’s best-illustrated U.S. picture book. Her books have been translated into 10 languages.
For her contribution as a children’s illustrator, Cooney was the U.S. nominee in 1994 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children’s books.
Bibliography
Best In Children’s Books Volume 1 (1957)
An anthology of favorite stories, many with new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 15 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Rudyard Kipling
Charles Perrault
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Don Freeman
Fritz Kredel
Henry C. Pitz
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 21 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Author(s):
Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Feodor Rojankovsky
Best in Children’s Books Volume 25 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 3 (1957)
A collection of stories, verses and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Marguerite de Angeli
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Paul Galdone
Leonard Weisgard
Best in Children’s Books Volume 37 (1960)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Christmas in the Barn (1952)
A poetic evocation of Christmas, set in a twentieth-century farm.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
The Kellyhorns (1942)
When separated-at-birth twins Penny and Pam discover each other, they determine to put their family back together.
Author(s):
Barbara Cooney
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
The Little Fir Tree (1954)
The little fir tree is dug up and comes to a little boy as a Christmas tree two years running, but the third year the little boy comes to him.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
The Quarry Adventure (1951)
Lauri takes a job as handyman for Miss Pinkney and ends up looking after her niece Garnet.
Author(s):
Lee Kingman
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
The Story of Holly and Ivy (1985)
An orphan girl goes to see her ‘grandmother in Appleton’ on Christmas eve, while a doll in a toy shop waits for a child to claim her.
Author(s):
Rumer Godden
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Where Have You Been? (1952)
What do animals do all day?
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney