 Barbara Cooney

Barbara Cooney (August 6, 1917 – March 10, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books, published over sixty years.She received two Caldecott Medals for her work on "Chanticleer and the Fox" (1958) and "Ox-Cart Man" (1979), and a National Book Award for "Miss Rumphius" (1982).