![]() ![]() In the book "Children's Books and Their Creators," edited by Anita Silvey, Cooney is quoted as saying that the books in this trilogy "come as close to any autobiography as I will ever get." ![]() Cooney considered this book to be a part of what she called her trilogy, which also contained " Island Boy" (1988) and " Hattie and the Wild Waves" (1990). I think the first one that I read was " Miss Rumphius," her 1982 American Book Award winning story of a woman who sets out to make the world a more beautiful place by planting lupines everywhere. I first became aware of her books while I was working in a bookstore in Washington state. ![]() She twice received the Caldecott award for best picture book, in 1957 for "Chanticleer and the Fox," and in 1979 for "Ox-Cart Man," by Donald Hall. In a career that spanned six decades, artist Barbara Cooney (1917-2000) illustrated over one hundred children's books. ![]()
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