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

芭芭拉·库尼的第一本书于2040年代出版。起初，她用一叫做" 刮板" 的方法创。

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

刮板是把白粘土放坚硬的表面制成的。厚厚的黑色墨水涂粘土上。