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Works by Diane Dillon

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The Odyssey (0750) — Cover artist, some editions — 52,693 copies
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) — Cover artist, some editions — 45,290 copies
A Wrinkle in Time (1962) — Cover artist, some editions — 39,133 copies
The Magician's Nephew (1955) — Cover artist, some editions — 28,982 copies
Prince Caspian (1951) — Cover artist, some editions — 26,274 copies
The Horse and His Boy (1954) — Cover artist, some editions — 25,297 copies
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) — Cover artist, some editions — 25,146 copies
The Silver Chair (1953) — Cover artist, some editions — 23,720 copies
The Last Battle (1956) — Cover artist, some editions — 23,100 copies
Confessions (0397) — Cover artist, some editions — 22,236 copies
20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1870) — Cover artist, some editions — 18,245 copies
A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 15,850 copies
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 15,840 copies
The House of the Spirits (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 13,887 copies
A Wind in the Door (1973) — Cover artist, some editions — 12,603 copies
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 11,946 copies
Sabriel (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 10,731 copies
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956) — Cover artist, some editions — 8,753 copies
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) — Cover artist, some editions — 8,268 copies
The Return of the Native (1878) — Cover artist, some editions — 7,873 copies
The Last Unicorn (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 7,473 copies
Lirael (2001) — Cover artist, some editions — 7,276 copies
Mother Night (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 7,235 copies
Le Morte d'Arthur (1485) — Cover artist, some editions — 7,054 copies
Abhorsen (2003) — Cover artist, some editions — 6,650 copies
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) — Cover artist, some editions — 5,697 copies
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1975) — Illustrator — 5,197 copies
Eva Luna (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 5,049 copies
Of Love and Shadows (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 3,144 copies
The Painted Bird (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,962 copies
The Member of the Wedding (1946) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,818 copies
The Halloween Tree (1972) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,618 copies
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (1957) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,536 copies
M. C. Higgins, the Great (1974) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,398 copies
The Snow Queen (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,309 copies
Across the Wall (2005) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,230 copies
The Earthsea Trilogy (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,200 copies
The Greek Way (1930) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,123 copies
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Illustrator, some editions — 1,895 copies
The Hundred Penny Box (1900) — Illustrator — 1,760 copies
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: Stories (1967) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,745 copies
King Solomon's Ring: New Light on Animals' Ways (1949) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,722 copies
Shade's Children (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,720 copies
The House of Dies Drear (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,546 copies
Lost in the Funhouse (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,541 copies
Deathbird Stories (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,463 copies
Pavane (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,394 copies
Floating Dragon (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,388 copies
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (1976) — Illustrator — 1,372 copies
Enchantress from the Stars (1970) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,312 copies
The Abhorsen Trilogy Box Set (2003) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,258 copies
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales (1985) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,241 copies
Wise Child (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,206 copies
The Witches of Karres (1966) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,137 copies
Rite of Passage (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,042 copies
The Wrinkle in Time Quartet (1962) — Cover artist, some editions — 995 copies
Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems (1988) — Illustrator — 993 copies
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks (1990) — Illustrator — 977 copies
Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems (1978) — Illustrator — 975 copies
Juniper (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 922 copies
The Big Book for Peace (1990) — Illustrator — 815 copies
Isle of the Dead (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 800 copies
Two Little Trains (1949) — Illustrator, some editions — 793 copies
A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy (1963) — Cover artist, some editions — 792 copies
Shatterday (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 783 copies
The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 773 copies
World's End (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 768 copies
Steps (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 764 copies
Strange Wine (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 751 copies
Midnight Robber (2000) — Cover artist, some editions — 739 copies
Psion (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 738 copies
Child of the Morning (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 733 copies
The Jagged Orbit (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 725 copies
Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 (1941) — Cover artist, some editions — 721 copies
Approaching Oblivion (1974) — Cover artist, some editions — 693 copies
The New Milton Cross' Complete Stories of the Great Operas (1947) — Cover artist, some editions — 648 copies
The Medieval World: Europe, 1100-1350 (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 637 copies
The Essential Ellison: A 35 Year Retrospective (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 620 copies
Paingod and Other Delusions (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 606 copies
Zeely (1967) — Cover artist, some editions — 593 copies
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World (1992) — Illustrator, some editions — 580 copies
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales (1995) — Illustrator, some editions — 544 copies
The Glass Teat (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 494 copies
The Planet of Junior Brown (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 493 copies
The Medieval Myths (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 484 copies
The Seedling Stars (1957) — Cover artist, some editions — 482 copies
Why Call Them Back from Heaven? (1967) — Cover artist, some editions — 481 copies
The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective (2001) — Cover artist, some editions — 476 copies
Bluish (1999) — Cover artist, some editions — 474 copies
Partners in Wonder (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 463 copies
Past Master (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 453 copies
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 439 copies
Medieval Russia's Epics, Chronicles, and Tales (1963) — Cover artist, some editions — 437 copies
Kabloona (1941) — Cover artist, some editions — 434 copies
Picnic on Paradise (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 433 copies
The Year of the Quiet Sun (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 422 copies
The Sea and the Jungle (1912) — Cover artist, some editions — 416 copies
The Eagle and the Raven (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 400 copies
The Preserving Machine and Other Stories (1952) — Cover artist, some editions — 397 copies
And Chaos Died (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 391 copies
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 371 copies
Spider Kiss (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 367 copies
The Phoenix and the Mirror (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 362 copies
The Demon Breed (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 362 copies
The Magic Circle (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 352 copies
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 343 copies
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (2008) — Contributor — 342 copies
Colman (2004) — Cover artist, some editions — 340 copies
The Traveler in Black (1960) — Cover artist, some editions — 340 copies
Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 338 copies
The Reproductive System (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 335 copies
The Black Corridor (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 326 copies
Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 325 copies
Who's In Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale Retold (1977) — Illustrator — 323 copies
The Other Glass Teat (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 315 copies
The Girl Who Spun Gold (2000) — Illustrator — 315 copies
Fourth Mansions (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 311 copies
Tales From Shakespeare (2004) — Illustrator — 308 copies
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book (2004) — Illustrator — 304 copies
The Ring (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 304 copies
The Long Winter (1962) — Cover artist, some editions — 301 copies
Web of the City (1958) — Cover artist, some editions — 300 copies
The Boys in the Band: A Play in Two Acts (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 298 copies
Memos From Purgatory (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 281 copies
No Doors, No Windows (1974) — Cover artist, some editions — 279 copies
Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch (1991) — Illustrator — 273 copies
The Weathermonger (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 267 copies
The Disappearance (1951) — Cover artist, some editions — 267 copies
From the land of fear (1967) — Cover artist, some editions — 266 copies
Dangerous Visions 1 (1967) — Illustrator, some editions — 264 copies
The Twelfth Transforming (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 247 copies
A Torrent of Faces (1967) — Cover artist, some editions — 244 copies
The Secret River (1955) — Illustrator, some editions — 239 copies
Some Will Not Die (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 228 copies
The Palace of Eternity (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 221 copies
Secret Sacrament (1996) — Cover artist, some editions — 217 copies
The Deadly Streets (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 215 copies
After Things Fell Apart (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 214 copies
All in a Day (1986) — Illustrator — 210 copies
Switch on the Night (1955) — Illustrator, some editions — 209 copies
The Lincoln Hunters (1958) — Cover artist, some editions — 209 copies
Dangerous Visions 2 (1901) — Illustrator, some editions — 203 copies
The Two-Timers (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 196 copies
The Eleventh Commandment (1962) — Cover artist, some editions — 184 copies
Dangerous Visions 3 (1967) — Illustrator, some editions — 184 copies
Never Forgotten (Junior Library Guild Selection) (2011) — Illustrator — 181 copies
San Diego Lightfoot Sue and Other Stories (1974) — Cover artist, some editions — 179 copies
The Devil's Children (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 178 copies
One Winter's Night (2003) — Illustrator — 177 copies
Justice and Her Brothers (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 174 copies
The Revolving Boy (1966) — Cover artist, some editions — 172 copies
Where Have You Been? (1878) — Illustrator, some editions — 172 copies
Stargate (1982) — Cover artist, some editions — 171 copies
The Steel Crocodile (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 164 copies
Northern Lullaby (1992) — Illustrator — 164 copies
The Devil's Backbone: the Story of the Natchez Trace (1962) — Illustrator — 162 copies
Strange Toys (1987) — Cover artist, some editions — 162 copies
Heartsease (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 162 copies
Aida: Sala Santa Cecilia, Roma (1990) — Illustrator, some editions — 159 copies
Coming to Our Senses (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 156 copies
Maizon at Blue Hill (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 153 copies
One Million Tomorrows (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 153 copies
The Cossacks, and The Raid (1852) — Cover artist, some editions — 153 copies
AK (1990) — Cover artist, some editions — 151 copies
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1993) — Illustrator — 151 copies
Watchers at the Pond (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 150 copies
The Goblin and the Empty Chair (2009) — Illustrator — 141 copies
Kiss Sleeping Beauty Goodbye: Breaking the Spell of Feminine Myths and Models (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 137 copies
Dustland (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 132 copies
The island under the earth (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 129 copies
Earth Mother (2005) — Illustrator — 128 copies
Mama Says: A Book of Love for Mothers and Sons (2009) — Illustrator — 126 copies
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl (1983) — Cover artist, some editions — 124 copies
Cautionary Tales (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 122 copies
Canary in a Cat House (1950) — Cover artist, some editions — 116 copies
Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali (2001) — Illustrator — 113 copies
The Gathering (1981) — Cover artist, some editions — 110 copies
The Cuckoo's Child (1996) — Cover artist, some editions — 109 copies
Nightshade and Damnations (1968) — Illustrator, some editions — 104 copies
Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Volume 1 (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 104 copies
The Other Side of the Mountain (1967) — Cover artist, some editions — 103 copies
Clovermead: In the Shadow of the Bear (2004) — Cover artist, some editions — 101 copies
The Story of Troilus (1964) — Cover artist, some editions — 99 copies
Chronocules (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 99 copies
Over the Edge (1618) — Cover artist, some editions — 98 copies
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume IV (1988) — Illustrator, some editions — 97 copies
A Woman of the Future (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 90 copies
Selected poems 1923-1975 (1976) — Illustrator, some editions — 90 copies
Miriam's Well (1991) — Illustrator, some editions — 89 copies
The Jewel in the Lotus: A Historical Survey of the Sexual Culture of the East (1959) — Cover artist, some editions — 88 copies
Synthajoy (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 83 copies
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror (1982) — Illustrator, some editions — 79 copies
A Fair Wind for Troy (1605) — Cover artist, some editions — 77 copies
The Race of the Golden Apples (1991) — Illustrator — 76 copies
Firebug (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 72 copies
Furthest (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 68 copies
The Porcelain Cat (1987) — Illustrator — 67 copies
Wind Child (1973) — Illustrator — 67 copies
The Color Wizard (1989) — Illustrator — 65 copies
The Tale of The Swamp Rat (2003) — Cover artist, some editions — 64 copies
Moses' Ark, Stories From the Bible (2013) — Illustrator — 60 copies
The Warrior Goddess: Athena (1730) — Cover artist, some editions — 58 copies
Lord of the Sky: Zeus (1732) — Cover artist, some editions — 56 copies
The Silent Multitude (1966) — Cover artist, some editions — 55 copies
Dem (Black Arts Movement Series) (1868) — Cover artist, some editions — 54 copies
Hakon of Rogen's Saga (1963) — Illustrator, some editions — 52 copies
The eclipse of dawn (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 52 copies
Sylva (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 52 copies
Listen Children: An Anthology of Black Literature (1982) — Illustrator — 51 copies
Claymore and Kilt: Tales of Scottish Kings and Castles (1967) — Illustrator, some editions — 49 copies
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume XV (1999) — Contributor — 49 copies
Two Queens of Heaven: Aphrodite and Demeter (Greek Myths) (1974) — Cover artist, some editions — 48 copies
The Art of Leo and Diane Dillon (1981) — Illustrator — 47 copies
A White Romance (1888) — Cover artist, some editions — 44 copies
To All Appearances a Lady (1989) — Cover artist, some editions — 44 copies
The Golden God: Apollo (1973) — Cover artist, some editions — 44 copies
The Mightiest of Mortals: Hercules (1967) — Cover artist, some editions — 41 copies
The Witches: Three Tales of Sorcery (1969) — Cover artist, some editions — 40 copies
The African Cookbook (1970) — Illustrator, some editions — 40 copies
Edith Jackson (1978) — Cover artist, some editions — 39 copies
Brother to the Wind (1985) — Illustrator — 38 copies
A Slave's Tale (1965) — Illustrator, some editions — 35 copies
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume 38 (2022) — Contributor — 34 copies
Iron Tears (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 33 copies
Destiny Times Three (1945) — Cover artist, some editions — 32 copies
Marie Laveau (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 30 copies
Songs and Stories from Uganda (1974) — Illustrator — 29 copies
The Ring in the Prairie: A Shawnee Legend (1969) — Illustrator — 29 copies
Two Pairs of Shoes (1980) — Illustrator — 28 copies
No Heaven for Gunga Din (1964) — Cover artist, some editions — 25 copies
BLAST OFF (1973) — Illustrator — 24 copies
Mrs. Munck (1970) — Cover artist, some editions — 24 copies
Skyline; a reporter's reminiscence of the 1920s (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 23 copies
Gassire's Lute: A West African Epic (1971) — Illustrator — 22 copies
Shamrock and Spear: Tales and Legends from Ireland (1966) — Illustrator, some editions — 20 copies
Ensamvärk (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 20 copies
Familiarity Is the Kingdom of the Lost (1984) — Cover artist, some editions — 19 copies
Song of the Boat (1975) — Illustrator — 18 copies
The Making Of An Afro-american: Martin Robison Delany, 1812-1885 (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 17 copies
Children of the Sun (1980) — Illustrator — 17 copies
The Untold Tale (1971) — Illustrator, some editions — 16 copies
The Third Gift (1974) — Illustrator — 16 copies
The water is wide (1976) — Illustrator, some editions — 15 copies
The dragon and the phoenix (1971) — Cover artist, some editions — 15 copies
Something in the Shadows (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 14 copies
The goddess (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 14 copies
Dark venture (1968) — Cover artist, some editions — 13 copies
Fire and the Night (1962) — Cover artist, some editions — 12 copies
Tales from Scandinavia (The World folktale library) (1979) — Illustrator — 11 copies
The Magic of Their Singing (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 10 copies
The Infinite Web (1977) — Cover artist, some editions — 8 copies
To Sleep with Ghosts (1992) — Cover artist, some editions — 7 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1957 April, Vol. 13, No. 6 (1957) — Illustrator — 7 copies
Mr. Ballerina (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 6 copies
Little Fox's Dream (1976) — Illustrator — 5 copies
Carnival of angels (1961) — Cover artist, some editions — 3 copies
Tales of Witches, Ghosts and Goblins — Cover artist — 2 copies
The peacock's tail (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
Gent, April 1959 (Vol. 3, No. 4) — Illustrator — 1 copy

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Legal name
Dillon, Diane Clare Sorber
Birthdate
1933-03-13
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Places of residence
Los Angeles, California, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Education
Parsons School of Design
Occupations
Children's Book Illustrator
Children's Book Author
Cover Artist
Relationships
Dillon, Leo (husband)
Dillon, Lee (son)
Awards and honors
Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement Award (Contemporary ∙ 2008)
Caldecott Medal (1977)
Caldecott Medal (1976)
Short biography
Diane Dillon is a celebrated American magazine and book-cover artist, and a children's book author and illustrator. The vast majority of her work was done collaboratively with her husband, Leo Dillon, with whom she won her many awards.

Born in Los Angeles in 1933, Diane Sorber was educated at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, where she met Leo Dillon, who was initially a fierce artistic competitor. Their fifty-year collaboration, after their eventual marriage, resulted in over one hundred speculative fiction book and magazine covers, and numerous picture-book illustrations. They were jointly awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and 1977, the only artists to be so honored twice in a row. The Dillons had one son, Lee Dillon, who also became an artist, and with whom they collaborated on Nancy Willard's Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch. Diane Dillon's first solo project, published after Leo's death in 2012, is the recent I Can Be Anything! Don't Tell Me I Can't. (source: Wikipedia)

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Famous jazz musicians are named in this rhyming, rhythmic book. At the end of the book there are short bios on each. Also “some of our favorite recordings” list. Our copy does not include a CD.
 
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VillageProject | 32 other reviews | Apr 11, 2023 |
Great for having books on historical figures. The illustrations were nice to look at and i'm sure children will enjoy the repetition. It also won a Caldecott medal.
 
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MichelleCota | 57 other reviews | Dec 1, 2022 |
Note: I received an F&G of this book at an ALA conference.
 
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fernandie | 7 other reviews | Sep 15, 2022 |
I knew the Dillons were talented, but this showcases their abilities on a new level.
 
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