Dillon, Diane

Overview

Works:	248 works in 876 publications in 5 languages and 85,265 library holdings
Genres:	Juvenile works Fiction Folklore Picture books Literature History Fairy tales Folk literature Poetry Stories in rhyme
Roles:	Illustrator, Book designer, Author, Other, Editor, Artist
Classifications:	PZ8.1.A213, E

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Diane Dillon

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Dillon, Leo and Diane by Mantle Fielding( )
Dillon, Leo and Diane by Robert E Weinberg( )

Most widely held works by Diane Dillon

Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale by Verna Aardema( Book )

49 editions published between 1975 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 5,605 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit ... and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!

Ashanti to Zulu : African traditions by Margaret Musgrove( Book )

30 editions published between 1976 and 1999 in English and held by 4,303 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kort beskrivelse af nogle skikke og traditioner hos 26 afrikanske stammer

The people could fly : American Black folktales by Virginia Hamilton( Book )

28 editions published between 1985 and 2016 in English and Swedish and held by 3,794 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope

The hundred penny box by Sharon Bell Mathis( Book )

27 editions published between 1975 and 2006 in English and held by 3,137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Michael's love for his one-hundred-year-old great-great-aunt, who lives with his family, leads him to intercede with his mother who wants to toss out all of Aunt Dew's old things

Her stories : African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales by Virginia Hamilton( Book )

6 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 2,800 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collection of 19 folktales, legends, and true stories celebrating the heroic cunning, patience, and courage of African-American women and girls

The tale of the mandarin ducks by Katherine Paterson( Book )

30 editions published between 1989 and 2002 in English and French and held by 2,585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A pair of mandarin ducks, separated by a cruel lord who wishes to possess the drake for his colorful beauty, reward a compassionate couple who risk their lives to reunite the ducks

Many thousand gone : African Americans from slavery to freedom by Virginia Hamilton( Book )

17 editions published between 1990 and 1996 in English and held by 2,574 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways

Rap a tap tap : here's Bojangles--think of that! by Leo Dillon( Recording )

14 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 2,185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In illustrations and rhyme, describes the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time

Aïda by Leontyne Price( Book )

12 editions published between 1990 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Retells the story of Verdi's opera in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved

The people could fly : the picture book by Virginia Hamilton( Book )

18 editions published between 1985 and 2015 in English and held by 1,994 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away

Who's in Rabbit's house? : a Masai tale by Verna Aardema( Book )

20 editions published between 1969 and 1992 in 3 languages and held by 1,929 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't let her in

Two little trains by Margaret Wise Brown( Book )

15 editions published between 1949 and 2006 in English and Korean and held by 1,893 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two little trains, one streamlined, the other old-fashioned, puff, puff, puff, and chug, chug, chug, on their way West

Never forgotten by Pat McKissack( Book )

7 editions published in 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,818 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In eighteenth-century West Africa, a boy raised by his blacksmith father and the Mother Elements--Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth--is captured and taken to America as a slave

Honey, I love : and other love poems by Eloise Greenfield( Book )

11 editions published between 1977 and 2003 in English and held by 1,814 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Titles include "I Look Pretty," "Fun," "Riding on the Train," "Harriet Tubman," and "By Myself."

I have a dream by Martin Luther King( Book )

1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 1,797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Illustrates the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr., as they were presented in his "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963

The girl who spun gold by Virginia Hamilton( Book )

5 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 1,692 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this West Indian version of the Rumpelstiltskin story, Lit'mahn spins thread into gold cloth for the king's new bride

Jazz on a Saturday night by Leo Dillon( Book )

15 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 1,660 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Synopsis: If you have ever been lucky enough to hear great jazz, then you will understand the pure magic of this book. Leo and Diane Dillon use bright colors and musical patterns that make music skip off the page in this toe-tapping homage to many jazz greats. From Miles Davis and Charlie Parker to Ella Fitzgerald, here is a dream team sure to knock your socks off. Learn about this popular music form and read a biography of each player pictured-and then hear each instrument play on a specially produced CD. What's the featured song? "Jazz on a Saturday Night," written and recorded to accompany this book

To every thing there is a season : verses from Ecclesiastes by Leo Dillon( Book )

6 editions published between 1988 and 2002 in English and held by 1,628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents the selection from Ecclesiastes which relates that everything in life has its own time and season; depicts each verse with a different style of art from around the world

Mother Goose : numbers on the loose by Leo Dillon( Book )

7 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 1,462 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents an illustrated collection of twenty-four counting rhymes, from "Baa, baa black sheep" to "Wash the dishes, wipe the dishes."

Pish, posh, said Hieronymus Bosch by Nancy Willard( Book )

6 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and held by 1,378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The weird creatures which inhabit a medieval painter's home drive his housekeeper away, until a change of heart sends her back to the beasts and to Bosch in a new and loving relationship