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.
Ingri d’Aulaire
Marjorie Flack
Rudyard Kipling
Various
Grace Paull
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
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.
Rudyard Kipling
Charles Perrault
Et al
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.
Brothers Grimm
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Et al
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.
Maj Lindman
Golden MacDonald
Mary Macnab
Laura E. Richards
Albert Payson Terhune
John Greenleaf Whittier
Et al
Irene Haas
Robin Jacques
Richard Scarry
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 3 (1957)
A collection of stories, verses and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Marguerite de Angeli
Edward Lear
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.
Read online at archive.org
James Baldwin
Brothers Grimm
Alice Dalgliesh
Miriam Clark Potter
John Ruskin
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Edy Legrand
Richard Scarry
Edward Shenton
Et al
Christmas in the Barn (1952)
A poetic evocation of Christmas, set in a twentieth-century farm.
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The Kellyhorns (1942)
When separated-at-birth twins Penny and Pam discover each other, they determine to put their family back together.
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.
The Quarry Adventure (1951)
Lauri takes a job as handyman for Miss Pinkney and ends up looking after her niece Garnet.
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.
Where Have You Been? (1952)
What do animals do all day?
Read online at archive.org.