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The Girl Who Spun Gold

This colorfully illustrated book with gold foil jacket offers young readers an African-American version of the classic 'Rumplestiltzkin' tale. 30,000 first printing.

By Tedd Arnold, Diane Dillon (illustrator), Leo Dillon (illustrator) and Virginia Hamilton

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School and Library:

9780590473781 | Blue Sky Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In this African American retelling of 'Rumpelstiltskin,' Lit'mahn spins thread into gold cloth for the king's new bride.

Wind Child

Illustrated by the winners of two Caldecott awards, a story touched by fantasy and legend features the daughter of a human mother and the East Wind who longs to fly like the wind but can only imitate it through her weavings.

By Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon and Shirley Rousseau Murphy

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Library:

9780060249045 | Harpercollins, May 1, 1999, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: Unaware of her unusual parentage, Resshie grows up restless and longing to know the secrets of the wind and she uses her extraordinary ability as a weaver to help her achieve her dream

Listen Children: An Anthology of Black Literature

Collects poetry, stories, and biographical pieces by Black American writers including Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and Kristen Hunter.

By Diane Dillon (illustrator)

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9780606158183 | Demco Media, January 1, 1999, cover price $12.69 | About this edition: Collects poetry, stories, and biographical pieces by Black American writers including Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and Kristen Hunter.

To Every Thing There Is a Season: Verses from Ecclesiastes

In their fortieth picture book, two Caldecott Medalists bring to vivid life the most famous verses from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes through imaginative paintings reflecting the world's various cultures, accompanied by a full-color explanatory glossary.

By Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon (illustrator)

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9780590478878 | Blue Sky Pr, October 1, 1998, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Presents that selection from Ecclesiastes which relates that everything in life has its own time and season

Por Que Zumban Los Mosquitos En Los Oidos De LA Gente

Presents a Spanish-language edition of the Caldecott medal-winning African folktale about the wild chain reaction of events that takes place in the jungle after the mosquito bothers the iguana.

By Verna Aardema, Osvaldo Blanco, Diane Dillon (illustrator) and Leo Dillon (illustrator)

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9780803722989 | Dial Books for Young Readers, March 1, 1998, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: A mosquito's lie sets off a series of reactions that results in the owl's refusal to wake the sun

Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom

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

By Virginia Hamilton

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Hardcover:

9780394828732 | Random House Childrens Books, January 1, 1993, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways

Paperback:

9780679879367 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1995, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: Portrays the harsh reality of slavery and chronicles the dramatic journeys toward freedom undertaken by African Americans

Library:

9780394928739 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 1, 1993, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways

Reinforced:

9780606124140, titled "Many Thousand Gone: African-Americans from Slavery to Freedom" | Demco Media, November 1, 1997, cover price $19.33 | About this edition: Portrays the harsh reality of slavery and chronicles the dramatic journeys toward freedom undertaken by African Americans

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

A collection of stories of the Inuit people includes folktales about a seagull who learns to be human, an orphaned boy raised by giants, and a young girl with the power to dream geese down from the sky.

By Diane Dillon (illustrator), Leo Dillon (illustrator) and Howard Norman

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9780152309794 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1997, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A collection of stories of the Inuit people includes tales about a seagull who learns to be human, an orphaned boy raised by giants, and a young girl with the power to dream geese down from the sky

The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese, and Other Tales of the Far North

A collection of stories of the Inuit people includes tales about a seagull who learns to be human, an orphaned boy raised by giants, and a young girl with the power to dream geese down from the sky

By Diane Dillon (illustrator), Leo Dillon (illustrator) and Howard A. Norman

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Hardcover:

9780151002610 | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 1997, cover price $25.01 | also contains Bioterrorism and Infectious Agents: A New Dilemma for the 21st Century | About this edition: A collection of stories of the Inuit people includes tales about a seagull who learns to be human, an orphaned boy raised by giants, and a young girl with the power to dream geese down from the sky

Tale of the Mandarin Ducks

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

By Katherine Paterson

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9780525672838 | Lodestar Books, September 1, 1990, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: 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.

Reinforced:

9780606082617, titled "The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks" | Demco Media, November 1, 1995, cover price $15.81 | also contains The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks | About this edition: 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

Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales

A collection of twenty-five African-American folktales focuses on strong female characters and includes 'Little Girl and Bruh Rabby,' 'Catskinella,' and 'Annie Christmas.' By the author of The People Could Fly.

By Diane Dillon (illustrator), Leo Dillon (illustrator) and Virginia Hamilton

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Hardcover:

9780590473705 | Blue Sky Pr, October 1, 1995, cover price $25.99 | About this edition: A collection of twenty-five African American folktales focuses on strong female characters and includes 'Little Girl and Bruh Rabby,' 'Catskinella,' and 'Annie Christmas'

What Am I: Looking Through Shapes at Apples and Grapes

A concept book for young readers presents an interactive introduction to colors and shapes with boldly colored die-cuts of shapes through which familiar fruits can be seen, and includes rhyming clues that help identify the fruits.

By N. N. Charles, Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon

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Hardcover:

9780590478854 | Scholastic, June 1, 1994, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Illustrations with cut-out shapes and rhyming questions introduce fruits, colors, and shapes

School and Library:

9780590478915, titled "What Am I?: Looking Through Shapes at Apples and Grapes" | Scholastic, September 1, 1994, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Illustrations with cut-out shapes and rhyming questions introduce fruits, colors, and shapes

Switch on the Night

A lonely little boy who is afraid of the dark discovers a whole new world when he meets a little girl named Dark.

By Ray Bradbury, Dave Dillon (illustrator), Diane Dillon (illustrator) and Leo Dillon

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Hardcover:

9780394804866 | Reprint edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, July 1, 1994), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A lonely little boy who is afraid of the dark discovers a whole new world when he meets a little girl named Dark.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

A retelling of the centuries-old tale follows Sylvia, a spirited girl apprenticed to a sorcerer, as she steals from his castle a powerful potion that she is sure will help her complete a difficult task.

By Diane Dillon (illustrator), Leo Dillon and Nancy Willard

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School and Library:

9780590473293 | Scholastic, October 1, 1993, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Sylvia, the new apprentice to the great magician Tottibo, steals one of his spells to complete an impossible task and accidentally creates chaos

Switch on the Night

A young boy who is afraid of the dark embarks on a journey through a magical nightscape, and along the way, he finds tranquility, solace, and comfort in a place where he least expected them.

By Ray Bradbury, Diane Dillon (illustrator) and Leo Dillon

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Library:

9780394904863 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, March 1, 1993, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: A lonely little boy who is afraid of the dark discovers a whole new world when he meets a little girl named Dark.

The African Cookbook

Presents menus and recipes from eleven African countries, with serving hints and complete shopping lists, and includes additional recipes for appetizers, soups, fish, poultry, beef, side dishes, salads, breads, and desserts

By Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon and Bea Sandler

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Paperback:

9780806513980 | Citadel Pr, February 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Presents menus and recipes from eleven African countries, with serving hints and complete shopping lists, and includes additional recipes for appetizers, soups, fish, poultry, beef, side dishes, salads, breads, and desserts

Northern Lullaby

A sleepy young narrator bids goodnight to the members of Earth's family--Sister Owl, Brother Bear, Uncle Moose--in a poetic story highlighted by luminous full-color paintings that evoke the vast wilderness of Alaska.

By Nancy White Carlstrom, Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon

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School and Library:

9780399218064 | Philomel Books, October 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A child says goodnight to the natural world and all those that occupy it

Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch

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.

By Diane Dillon (illustrator), Leo Dillon (illustrator) and Nancy Willard

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9780152622107 | Harcourt Childrens Books, October 1, 1991, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: An imaginative poem about the fifteenth-century painter filled with medieval beasts and other images from Bosch's world

Moses Ark: Stories from the Bible

Illustrated by a Caldecott-winning team of artists, this collection of tales from the Hebrew reveals the people of the Bible, capturing the vivid detail and humanity of the ancient stories

By Alice Bach, Diane Phd Dillon (illustrator), Leo Dillon and J. Cheryl Exum

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Hardcover:

9780385297783 | Delacorte Pr, October 8, 2013, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A retelling of Bible stories from the familiar tales of Adam and Eve and Noah's ark to lesser-known stories such as Jotham's fable and Saul's meeting with the medium at Endor.

Song of the Boat

Recounts in folk speech the search by a West African villager named Flumbo and his son, Momolu, for a gum tree suitable to replace Flumbo's alligator-destroyed dugout

By Diane Dillon (illustrator), Leo Dillon (illustrator) and Lorenz B. Graham

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Hardcover:

9780690752311 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 1975, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A small African boy helps his father locate the right tree to make a new canoe to replace the one broken by an alligator.

Library:

9780690752328 | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, April 1, 1984), cover price $12.89 | About this edition: A small African boy helps his father locate the right tree to make a new canoe to replace the one broken by an alligator.

Two Pairs of Shoes

Two men have different views of their tattered slippers and their disagreement reveals the deepest truths about themselves and about life

By Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon and P. L. Travers

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Hardcover:

9780670736775 | Viking Pr, October 1, 1980, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Retellings of two middle Eastern folktales reveal how two pairs of shoes unwittingly reflect the true character of the men who own them.

The Children of the Sun

The Sun asks his two children whether they would rather be great or good. Each son follows a different path.

By Jan R. Carew, Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon

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9780316128483 | Little Brown & Co, March 1, 1980, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Born of the sun and a beautiful mortal woman, two brothers are sent on a seemingly endless quest during which their distinct personalities--one is deceitful, the other trustworthy--come into conflict

The Third Gift

The first two gifts from their leaders made the Jubas a strong and beautiful people, but the third gift was the best of all.

By Jan R. Carew, Diane Dillon (illustrator) and Leo Dillon (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780316128476 | Little Brown & Co, July 1, 1974, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Believing that death is calling him, the leader of the Jubas tribe takes his people on a journey to find a better place to live

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