David Diaz
David Díaz won the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in "Smoky Night" by Eve Bunting. His artwork has appeared in a number of other distinguished titles, including "The Pot that Juan Built" and "Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman". His work has also been...
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David Díaz won the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in "Smoky Night" by Eve Bunting. His artwork has appeared in a number of other distinguished titles, including "The Pot that Juan Built" and "Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman". His work has also been featured in national publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and The Washington Post. He lives in Carlsbad, California.
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After a few disappointments, this Caldecott winner is so great. I love the illustrations. I love the way the frames work with the text and the main images. I love the story and the depiction of interracial tensions and relationships (I know that probably sounds a little weird, but it was very realis...
I want to say I was 15 the first time I read this, but I'm not positive about that. I don't remember liking it that much, but I found it pretty enjoyable this time around. The mystery is obvious, but the story is still enjoyable. It made me cry (as many of Sharon Creech's books do).
Smoky Night is a book about rioting seen through the eyes of a young boy named Daniel.He sees his street over-run with people breaking into places and taking stuff, including a local store run by Mrs. Kim. Daniel explains that they don't from there because his mother says they should buy from their ...
I borrowed this book from my daughter’s newly organized “library”. She explained the rules, which were a little different from the ones I am used to at our local library. She knows I have a huge, almost impossible amount of books on my to-read pile, yet she insisted I take this one, and, of course, ...
Slight fairy tale with pleasant illustrations contains no surprises but serves as a welcome diversion on a train journey through the heartland. I can't recommend it due to its lack of interesting situations.
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