COCK ROBIN
by Barbara Cooney
Who killed Cook Robin? Never mind that question. Who brought him back to life? Barbara Cooney does, with lightly colored, tiny but tangible illustrations. The whole serio/comic, preeminently recitable history of Cock Robin's wedding and death are here, all in one place by themselves, a relief from the unhandily heavy special collections. In the 19th century, historians of education say, Cock Robin was acted out by school children.