obitoftheday: Obit of the Day: Two-Time Caldecott Award Winner Leo and Diane Dillon were the only back-to-back winners of the Caldecott Medal, given to the illustrators of “the most distinguished American picture book for children.” In 1976, the Dillons won the award for Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema and followed up the next year with an award for their illustrations of Margaret Musgrove’s Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions. Leo Dilllon and Diane Sorber met while students at Parsons School of Design in New York City and married in 1957. They began working freelance before working co-illustrating their first children’s book, The Ring in the Prairie by John Bierhorst, in 1970. Their final book together, If Kids Ran the World, will be published in 2014. In between the couple illustrated more than 40 books for children. Leo Dillon passed away at the age of 79. Random Note: The Dillons also illustrated covers for various novels including works by Leo Tolstoy and Harlan Ellison. To see examples, click here. (Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears is copyright Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Books and courtesy of indiebound.org) In May 2012 we lost 1964 Caldecott Medal winner Maurice Sendak and in 2012 OOTD recognized 2000 Caldecott Medal winner (and Happy Meal box designer) Simms Taback. You can find a full list of Caldecott Award winners here.

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Obit of the Day: Two-Time Caldecott Award Winner

Leo and Diane Dillon were the only back-to-back winners of the Caldecott Medal, given to the illustrators of “the most distinguished American picture book for children.” In 1976, the Dillons won the award for Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema and followed up the next year with an award for their illustrations of Margaret Musgrove’s Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions.

Leo Dilllon and Diane Sorber met while students at Parsons School of Design in New York City and married in 1957. They began working freelance before working co-illustrating their first children’s book, The Ring in the Prairie by John Bierhorst, in 1970. Their final book together, If Kids Ran the World, will be published in 2014. In between the couple illustrated more than 40 books for children.

Leo Dillon passed away at the age of 79.

Random Note: The Dillons also illustrated covers for various novels including works by Leo Tolstoy and Harlan Ellison. To see examples, click here.

(Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears is copyright Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Books and courtesy of indiebound.org)

In May 2012 we lost 1964 Caldecott Medal winner Maurice Sendak and in 2012 OOTD recognized 2000 Caldecott Medal winner (and Happy Meal box designer) Simms Taback. You can find a full list of Caldecott Award winners here.

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    “Why Mosquitos Buzz..” was one of my favorite books as a kid.