Leo and diane dillon biography of donald

“In terms of our art, it is virtually impossible to consider us separately,”

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Biography of Leo & Diane Dillon

During more than four decades of illustrating children’s books, two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon (Photo Credit: Beth Gwinn) have received nearly every award and honor in this genre.

They have illustrated scores of books written by others, and they have written two titles, Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles, Think of That! and the Coretta Scott King honor book Jazz on a Saturday Night.

“The musicians we included in Jazz on a Saturday Night are some of our favorites,” state the Dillons, “but there are many more great musicians we didn’t have room for in the book, but would have loved to include.

We started with the idea and the text first, but after the art was done the text was altered to fit