Brown has twice won the Caldecott Medal and six of her books have been Caldecott Honor books. Many have been selected by the American Library Association as notable books of the year and by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the New York Society of Illustrators for excellence in design and illustration. Personal interests in music, ballet, painting, and travel have enhanced the natural gifts of feeling and interpretation she has brought to each of her books.
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Three clever soldiers devise a plan to get food and lodging from the selfish inhabitants of a French village during the time of Napoleon.