Author
Barbara Cooney
3 books here
Ox-Cart Man
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 620L
A Caldecott triumph that teaches supply-and-demand economics and seasonal patience through lyrical understatement—Cooney's watercolors make the repetition sing, not bore.
Chanticleer and the Fox
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 620L · 1999
Cooney's lush, jewel-toned medieval illustrations elevate a Chaucer adaptation into a picture-book treasure—the fox threat is real but the wit keeps it from darkening into genuine fear.
Miss Rumphius
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 620L · 1995
A rare picture book that works equally for a 5-year-old hearing it aloud and a 9-year-old reading alone—the premise is simple but the life philosophy underneath stays with kids for years.