美国名人艺术家芭芭拉·库尼.docx

美国名人艺术家芭芭拉库尼BarbaraCooney,1917-2000:SheCreatedManyPopularBooksforChildrenplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-17:02repeatByAviArditti2007-12-8ANNOUNCER:Now,theVOASpecialEnglishprogram,PEOPLEINAMERICA.Today,ShirleyGriffithandSteveEmbertellaboutthelifeofBarbaraCooney,thecreatorofmanypopularchildren'sbooks.ShediedinMarch,twothousand.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ForsixtyyearsBarbaraCooneycreatedchildren'sbooks.Shewrotesome.Andsheprovidedpicturesforherownbooksandforbookswrittenbyothers.Hernameappearsononehundredtenbooksinall.Thelastbookwaspublishedsixmonthsbeforeherdeath.Itiscalled"BasketMoon."ItwaswrittenbyMaryLynRay.IttellsthestoryofaboywholivedacenturyagowithhisfamilyinthemountainsinNewYorkstate.Hisfamilymakesbasketsthataresoldintown.OnemagazinedescribesBarbaraCooney'spaintingsin"BasketMoon"asquietandbeautiful.Itsaystheytietogether"thebasketmaker'snaturalworldandtheworkofhiscraft."VOICETWO:BarbaraCooneywasknownforhercarefullydetailedwork.Oneexampleisinherartworkforthebook"Eleanor."ItisaboutEleanorRoosevelt,whobecamethewifeofPresidentFranklinRoosevelt.MizCooneymadesurethatadresswornbyEleanorasababywashistoricallycorrectdowntothesmallestdetails.Anotherexampleofherdetailedworkisinherretellingof"ChanticleerandtheFox."Shetookthestoryfromthe"CanterburyTales"byEnglishpoetGeoffreyChaucer.BarbaraCooneyoncesaidthateveryflowerandgrassinherpicturesgrewinChaucer'stimeinfourteenth-centuryEngland.VOICEONE:BarbaraCooneywonderedattimesifherconcernaboutdetailswasworththeeffort."Howmanychildrenwillknoworcare?"shesaid."Maybenotasingleone.StillIkeeppilingiton.Detailafterdetail.WhomamIpleasing-besidesmyself?Idon'tknow.YetifIputenoughinmypictures,theremaybesomethingforeveryone.Notallwillbeunderstood,butsomewillbeunderstoodnowandmaybemorelater."MizCooneygavethatspeechassheacceptedthenineteenfifty-nineCaldecottMedalfor"ChanticleerandtheFox,"TheAmericanLibraryAssociationgivestheawardeachyeartotheartistofapicturebookforchildren.ShereceivedasecondCaldecottMedalforherfolk-artpaintingsinthebook,"Ox-CartMan."VOICETWO:BarbaraCooney'sfirstbooksappearedinthenineteenforties.Atfirstshecreatedpicturesusingamethodcalledscratchboard.Thescratchboardismadebyplacingwhiteclayonahardsurface.Thickblackinkisspreadovertheclay.Theartistusesasharpknifeorothertooltomakethousandsofsmallcutsinthetop.Witheachcutoftheblackink,thewhiteclayshowsthrough.Tofinishthepiecetheartistmayadddifferentcolors.Scratchboardishardwork,butthisprocesscancreatefinedetail.Later,BarbaraCooneybegantousepenandink,watercolor,oilpaints,andothermaterials.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:BarbaraCooneywasborninNewYorkCityinnineteenseventeen.Hermotherwasanartistandherfathersoldstocksonthestockmarket.BarbaragraduatedfromSmithCollegeinMassachusettsinnineteenthirty-eightwithamajorinarthistory.DuringWorldWarTwoBarbaraCooneyjoinedtheWomen'sArmyCorps.Shealsogotmarried,butherfirstmarriagedidnotlastlong.Thenshemarriedadoctor;CharlesTalbotPorter.Theyweremarrieduntilherdeath.Shehadfourchildren.VOICETWO:BarbaraCooneysaidthatthreeofherbookswereasclosetoastoryofherlifeasshewouldeverwrite.Oneis"MissRumphius/'publishedinnineteeneighty-two.Wewilltellmoreabout"MissRumphius"soon.Thesecondbookiscalled"IslandBoy."TheboyisnamedMatthias.HeistheyoungestoftwelvechildreninafamilyonTibbettsIsland,Maine.Matthiasgrowsuptosailaroundtheworld.Butthroughouthislifehealwaysreturnstotheislandofhischildhood.BarbaraCooneyalsotraveledaroundtheworld,butinherlateryearsalwaysreturnedtoliveonthecoastofMaine.VOICEONE:ThethirdbookaboutBarbaraCooney'slifeiscalled"HattieandtheWildWaves."Itisbasedonthechildhoodofhermother.ThegirlHattielivesinawealthyfamilyinNewYork.Onedayshetellsherfamilythatshewantstobeapainterwhenshegrowsup.Theotherchildrenmakefunoftheideaofagirlwantingtopainthouses.But,asthebookexplains,"Hattiewasnotthinkingabouthouses.Shewasthinkingaboutthemoonintheskyandthewindinthetreesandthewildwavesoftheocean."Hattietriesdifferentjobsasshegrowsup.Atlast,shefollowsherdreamanddecidesto"paintherheartout."(MUSIC)VOICETWO:OfallofBarbaraCooney'sbooks,theonethatseemstoaffectpeoplethemostis"MissRumphius."ItwontheAmericanBookAward.Itwasfirstpublishedinnineteeneighty-twobyViking-Penguin."MissRumphius'*isAliceRumphius.AyoungstorytellerinthebooktellsthestorywhichbeginswithAliceasayounggirl:VOICETHREE:"IntheeveningAlicesatonhergrandfather'skneeandlistenedtohisstoriesoffarawayplaces.Whenhehadfinished,Alicewouldsay,'WhenIgrowup,Itoowillgotofarawayplaces,andwhenIgrowold,Itoowilllivebesidethesea.''Thatisallverywell,littleAlice/saidhergrandfather,'butthereisathirdthingyoumustdo.,'Whatisthat?'askedAlice.'Youmustdosomethingtomaketheworldmorebeautiful,'saidhergrandfather.'AUright,'saidAlice.Butshedidnotknowwhatthatcouldbe.InthemeantimeAlicegotupandwashedherfaceandateporridgeforbreakfast.Shewenttoschoolandcamehomeanddidherhomework.Andprettysoonshewasgrownup."VOICEONE:Alicetraveledtheworld.Sheclimbedtallmountainswherethesnownevermelted.Shewentthroughjunglesandacrossdeserts.Oneday,however,shehurthe