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Oct. 26 1941

Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press

Work Of Young Waldoboro Artist-Writer

A ship's figurehead (left) and a scene in "Benner's store," illustrations by Miss Barbara Cooney (insert) of Waldoboro for her first, book, newly completed, The King of Wreck Island.

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Young Waldoboro Woman Completes First Book, Illustrates Volume Waldoboro, Oct. 25-The people of this town believe their pride in the · llterary and artis t·ic ac bi.evem~n ts f • Barbara Cooney is justifiable. Cooney has not only just 'com..pl her first book,, The King of W Island, but also illustrated the

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Mirs Cqoney }lad planned to devote

hl!rself to art and majored in that subject at aurtth College from which

she was gtad\l,ated in 1938. But she soon found that she also bad an urge to !Ji,te.

The King of Wreck Island Is a story for chlldren, but many adults will find the book interesting. Miss Cooney haE an original imag\nation and fhe combines cold facts and warm fiction in a fascinating manner . The setting of the book is laid at Broad Bay, on the shore of which she lives most of the time, at October Farm near where her family has lived for 200 years. At present Miss Cooney is working on a second ·book, in which her twin and herself wlll be the basis for the main characters.

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