Barbara Cooney
Barbara Cooney
Barbara Cooneywas an American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books, published over sixty years. She won two Caldecott Medals, which are awarded to the year's best-illustrated U.S. picture book, and a National Book Award. Her books have been translated into 10 languages...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth6 August 1917
CountryUnited States of America
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My favorite days were when I had a cold and could stay home from school and draw all day long.
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She was an enthusiastic painter of oils and watercolors. She was also very generous. I could mess with her paints and brushes all I wanted. On one condition: that I kept my brushes clean. The only art lesson my mother gave me was how to wash my brushes.