Barbara Cooney

A brother and sister run away from their cruel and wicked stepmother to a forest, but cannot escape her powers.

Letters of the alphabet are introduced by illustrated verses describing colonial children at play.

Like many others who have retold the tale of the juggler, the American children’s book author and illustrator Barbara Cooney (1917–2000) dropped clues about her sources of inspiration. In the foreword to the first edition of 1961, she reported having been exposed to the story first on the radio in 1945. She knew that the roots of the story stretch back seven hundred years to a poem from France―her

Retells the story of Christ's birth while explaining the origins and meaning of Christmas traditions, including those based on the mid-winter festivals of the pagans more than two thousand years ago

Eleven-year-old Pam and Penny Kellyhorn are twins who have just met, but it doesn't take them long to learn to be sisters as they try to rekindle the romance between Aunt Ivory and Puppa.

Drawings accompany the lines of an old French prayer for children.

On Emma's seventy-second birthday her four children, seven grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren gave her a painting of the little village across the mountains where she grew up. "It's beautiful, " she said, but that was not what she was really thinking. "That's not how I remember it at all, " she said to herself.One day Emma bought paints and brushes and painted her village just the way

Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, then a seed of an idea is planted and blossoms into a beautiful plan. This beloved classic and celebration of nature—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever!Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beaut

Young Hattie dreams of becoming an artist as she spends her childhood split between a New York mansion, a summer home on Rockaway beach, a Long Island estate, and a Brooklyn hotel. Reprint.

Though she came from a wealthy and privileged family, Eleanor Roosevelt grew up in a cheerless household that left her lonely and shy. Years passed before Eleanor began to discover in herself the qualities of intelligence, compassion, and strength that made her a remarkable woman. In Eleanor , two-time Caldecott Medal winner Barbara Cooney paints a meticulously researched, lushly detailed picture

The day after his fifth birthday, Peter walks from his home in the country to school in the village in search of friends with whom to play.

The acclaimed author of Miss Rumphius recounts the lives of four generations living on a New England coastal island and the importance of family ties.The youngest and quietest of 12 children, Matthias grew closest to Tibbets Island, learning its secrets through the years. And though in later years he sailed to faraway places, he always returned to the island he loved.<br

This is a pictorial of the Class of 1938 at Smith College in Northampton Massachusetts. The basis of the facts are from contributions in 1963 at the 25th reunion

A set of two picture books written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney (Caldecott winner for Ox-Cart Man and Chanticleer and the Fox) and Jane Yolen. Titles include Hattie and the Wild Waves and Letting Swift River Go.