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

芭芭拉·库尼的书于在20世纪40年代出版。起初，她用叫做" 板画" 的方法创作图画。

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

板画是把白粘土放在坚硬的表面制成的。厚厚的黑色墨水涂在粘土上。