Author & Illustrator

Diane Dillon

Biography

Diane Dillon is known throughout the world as one of the greatest children’s talents of our time. For 58 years she collaborated with her husband, artist Leo Dillon, until his death in 2012. They are known for their multicultural books, including a significant body of African American books, which earned them a list of awards, including two Caldecott Medals, the NAACP Image Award, numerous Coretta Scott King Awards, several Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, and honorary doctorates.

I Can Be Anything! Don't Tell Me I Can't

The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese: And Other Tales of the Far North

Most Popular Diane Dillon Books

picture • 28 Pages

Verna Aardema, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon

picture • 192 Pages

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon

picture • 32 Pages

Margaret Musgrove, Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon

chapter • 56 Pages

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon

picture • 160 Pages

Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child 's Book of Poems

Mary Michaels White, Eva Moore, Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, Jan Carr, Maurice Sendak, Richard Egielski, Arnold Lobel, Marcia Brown, Margot Zemach, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon

picture • 32 Pages