Barbara Cooney

Barbara Cooney traveled the world, lived in a house by the sea in Maine, and made the world more beautiful through her art. She was a two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Chanticleer and the Fox in 1959 and Ox-Cart Man in 1980. Her beloved book Miss Rumphius was the winner of the American Book Award in 1982. Barbara Cooney died in 2000 at the age of eighty-two.

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Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran, Barbara Cooney

Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran, Barbara Cooney

Island Boy by Barbara Cooney

Island Boy by Barbara Cooney

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall, Barbara Cooney

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall, Barbara Cooney

Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen, Barbara Cooney

Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen, Barbara Cooney

Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer, Barbara Cooney

Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer, Barbara Cooney

Emily by Michael Bedard, Barbara Cooney

Emily by Michael Bedard, Barbara Cooney

Eleanor by Barbara Cooney

Eleanor by Barbara Cooney

When the Sky is Like Lace by Elinor Lander Horwitz, Barbara Cooney

When the Sky is Like Lace by Elinor Lander Horwitz, Barbara Cooney

Tortillitas Para Mama: And Other Nursery Rhymes, Spanish and English

Tortillitas Para Mama: And Other Nursery Rhymes, Spanish and English

The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden, Barbara Cooney

The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden, Barbara Cooney

The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story by Gloria Houston, Barbara Cooney

The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story by Gloria Houston, Barbara Cooney

American Folk Songs for Christmas by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Barbara Cooney

American Folk Songs for Christmas by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Barbara Cooney

Because Barbara: Barbara Cooney Paints Her World by Sarah Mackenzie, Eileen Ryan Ewen

Because Barbara: Barbara Cooney Paints Her World by Sarah Mackenzie, Eileen Ryan Ewen