Barbara Cooney's first books appeared in the nineteen forties. At first she created pictures using a method called scratchboard.

芭芭拉·第一本书于在20世纪40年代出版。起初，她用一叫做" 刮" 方法创作图。

The scratchboard is made by placing white clay on a hard surface. Thick black ink is spread over the clay.

刮把白粘土放在坚硬表面制成。厚厚黑色墨水涂在粘土上。