Chanticleer and the Fox

illustrated by Barbara Cooney, adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney, and published by Crowell

The book cover of "Chanticleer and the Fox" adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and illustrated by Barbara Coone features a fox hiding in the shrubbery at the corner of a farmhouse while a rooster struts in the farmyard. A small girl looks out the window and a woman stands in the farmhouse doorway. Both are looking at the rooster. The Randolph Caldecott Medal Award Seal has been affixed to the lower left corner.

About

Awards Won

Title Year
Randolph Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott and is intended to create more abundant and joyful life in pictures for children. It is awarded to the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States during the year, and shall be awarded to the artist whether or not he be author of the text.
1959 - Winner(s)