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Barbara Cooney


Born
in Brooklyn, New York, The United States
August 06, 1917

Died
March 14, 2000

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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. ...more

Average rating: 4.22 · 103,958 ratings · 5,182 reviews · 132 distinct worksSimilar authors
Miss Rumphius

4.45 avg rating — 28,105 ratings — published 1982 — 56 editions
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Chanticleer and the Fox

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3.83 avg rating — 3,504 ratings — published 1958 — 3 editions
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Eleanor

4.05 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 1996 — 21 editions
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Island Boy

4.14 avg rating — 701 ratings — published 1988 — 12 editions
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Hattie and the Wild Waves: ...

3.95 avg rating — 605 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions
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Only Opal: The Diary of a Y...

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3.97 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions
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Emma

4.34 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1980 — 12 editions
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The Kellyhorns

3.74 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1942 — 5 editions
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The Little Juggler

4.23 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1961 — 10 editions
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The Story of Christmas

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3.40 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1967 — 14 editions
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“I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting…. I will never talk down to, or draw down to, children.”
Barbara Cooney

“I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them to read about good and evil, love and hate, life and death. Nor do I think they should read only about things that they understand. '…a man’s reach should exceed his grasp.' So should a child’s. For myself, I will never talk down to, or draw down to, children.

(from the author's acceptance speech for the Caldecott award)”
Barbara Cooney, Chanticleer and the Fox

“You must do something to make the world more beautiful - Ms. Rumphius”
Barbara Cooney

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