Barbara Cooney
American writer and illustrator
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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... Wikipedia
Born: August 6, 1917, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Died: March 10, 2000 (age 82 years), Damariscotta, ME
Spouse: Charles Talbot Porter (m. 1949–2000) and Guy Murchie (m. 1944–1947)
Genre: Children's picture books; fiction; poetry
Notable works: Chanticleer and the Fox (1959); Ox-Cart Man (1980); Miss Rumphius (1983)
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