Author & Illustrator

Leo Dillon

Biography

Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, a husband-and-wife team, created more than 100 book and magazine covers together as well as interior artwork. The Dillons won the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and 1977 In 1978 they were the runners-up for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for children’s illustrators, and were the U.S. nominee again in 1996.

If Kids Ran the World
The Secret River
Goblin and the Empty Chair
Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose
The Hundred Penny Box
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
Two Little Trains
The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese: And Other Tales of the Far North
Ashanti to Zulu
Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child 's Book of Poems

Most Popular Leo Dillon Books

    picture • 28 Pages
    Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
    Verna Aardema, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
    picture • 32 Pages
    Ashanti to Zulu
    Margaret Musgrove, Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon
    picture • 192 Pages
    The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
    Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
    picture • 32 Pages
    The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
    Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon Ph.D.
    chapter • 56 Pages
    The Secret River
    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

Book Stats

1
Authored
12
Illustrated
18
Collaborators

All Leo Dillon Books

Hardcover
$18.99$17.66
chapter • 56 Pages
The Secret River
Hardcover
$19.99$18.99
picture • 32 Pages
Goblin and the Empty Chair
Hardcover
$17.99$16.97
picture • 56 Pages
Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose
4.5
Hardcover
$17.00$15.81
picture • 47 Pages
The Hundred Penny Box
Prebound-Sewn
$18.80$17.48
picture • 32 Pages
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
Physical book
$16.95$15.97
picture • 32 Pages
Two Little Trains
4.4
Hardcover
$17.99$16.97
picture • 164 Pages
The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese: And Other Tales of the Far North
Physical book
$22.00$20.46
picture • 32 Pages
Ashanti to Zulu
5.0
Paperback
$8.99$8.58
picture • 160 Pages
Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child 's Book of Poems
Hardcover
$18.95$17.97
picture • 192 Pages
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
Hardcover
$24.99$23.74
picture • 28 Pages
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
5.0
Paperback
$8.99$8.58

Collaborators

Verna Aardema
Diane Dillon
Margaret Musgrove
Virginia Hamilton
Diane Dillon Ph.D.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Mary Michaels White
Eva Moore
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Jan Carr
Maurice Sendak
Richard Egielski
Arnold Lobel
Marcia Brown
Margot Zemach
Howard Norman
Margaret Wise Brown
Mem Fox

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