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Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, and then a seed of an idea was planted and blossomed into a beautiful plant.
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TíasAuntsJuvenile fictionChildren's literatureFictionGreat-aunts
First published 1982Characters & people
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Barbara Cooney
6 August 1917 – 10 March 2000
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). Her books have been translated into 10 languages. For her contribution as a children's illustrator, Cooney was the U.S. nominee in 1994 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books.
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