Ox-Cart Man
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Ox-Cart Man is the title of a 1979 book written by Donald Hall
and illustrated by Barbara Cooney
. It won the 1980 Caldecott Medal
. The book deals with an 18th century farming family that uses an ox-cart to take their goods to market, where they make the money to buy the things they need.
Ox-Cart Man was originally published in an October 3, 1977 edition of The New Yorker
as a Donald Hall poem. Hall revised the poem greatly to create the children's book and chose Barbara Cooney
for its illustrations (Cooney was the illustrator of another Caldecott Medal-winning book, Chanticleer and the Fox
.) The poem and book are cyclical.
This book was featured on a Season 2 episode of Reading Rainbow
.
Donald Hall
Donald Hall is an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2006.-Personal life:...
and illustrated by Barbara Cooney
Barbara Cooney
Barbara Cooney was an American children's author and illustrator of more than 200 books and double Caldecott Medalist. She has written books for six decades...
. It won the 1980 Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
. The book deals with an 18th century farming family that uses an ox-cart to take their goods to market, where they make the money to buy the things they need.
Ox-Cart Man was originally published in an October 3, 1977 edition of The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
as a Donald Hall poem. Hall revised the poem greatly to create the children's book and chose Barbara Cooney
Barbara Cooney
Barbara Cooney was an American children's author and illustrator of more than 200 books and double Caldecott Medalist. She has written books for six decades...
for its illustrations (Cooney was the illustrator of another Caldecott Medal-winning book, Chanticleer and the Fox
Chanticleer and the Fox (book)
In the children's book Chanticleer and the Fox, Barbara Cooney adapted and illustrated the story of Chanticleer and the Fox as told in The Nun's Priest's Tale in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, translated by Robert Mayer Lumiansky. Published by Crowell in 1958, it was the recipient of the Caldecott...
.) The poem and book are cyclical.
This book was featured on a Season 2 episode of Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow is an American children's television series aired by PBS from June 6, 1983 until November 10, 2006 that encouraged reading among children. The award-winning public television series garnered over 200 broadcast awards, including scores of Emmy Awards, many for "Outstanding Children's...
.