(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. Haugaard's first children's book and its sequel are stark, epic Viking period novels infused with the feeling of Norse sagas. They focus, respectively, on young Hakon, who inherits an island kingship but must fight his uncle for his birthright; and young Helga, who accompanies Hakon to France on a mission to return a former slave to his homeland. Review covers these titles: Hakon of Rogen's Saga and A Slave's Tale.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: August, 1965

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. Haugaard's first children's book and its sequel are stark, epic Viking period novels infused with the feeling of Norse sagas. They focus, respectively, on young Hakon, who inherits an island kingship but must fight his uncle for his birthright; and young Helga, who accompanies Hakon to France on a mission to return a former slave to his homeland. Review covers these titles: Hakon of Rogen's Saga and A Slave's Tale.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: June, 1963

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. In 1725 Mali, Dinga the Blacksmith calls upon the Mother Elements to help him raise his boy, Mustafa. When Mustafa disappears, Wind, with help from Earth, Fire, and Water, travels to a blacksmith shop in Charleston, South Carolina, where Mustafa has been enslaved. The Dillons' rousing illustrations--at once bold, complex, and lucid--impart dramatic conviction to McKissack's free-verse text.

Reviewer: Barbara Bader | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2011

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. In this 1956 Newbery Honor Book (originally slightly longer and with art by Leonard Weisgard), Florida forest-dweller Calpurnia, with her dog Buggy-horse, finds the Secret River and a source of fish for her family and neighbors. The Dillons extend the story through their art, both in terms of setting (the eerie enchantedness of a Florida swamp) and characterization.

Reviewer: Henrietta M. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: August, 1955

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. A goblin, solitary and lonely, encounters a family full of sorrow. He stealthily helps the farmer and the farmer's wife, then sits, soothingly, at the ill daughter's bedside. When his compassion is discovered, the family invites him into the household. With its rhythmic repetitions, the text has a cozy folktale feel; the illustrations tell a starker story of grief and loss.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2009

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. Mother/son relationships are explored through spare rhyming text and multilingual translations. God is a common element, and the gender roles and some of the values feel stereotyped, in part because the text doesn't provide any context. Stately paintings show sons fulfilling their obligations to family and community. A thoughtful afterword contains more information about each culture and language.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(2) PS Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. This version of Brown's original nursery rhyme is bigger and glossier, with two full-color paintings for each stanza. The roots of the rhyme lie in Mother Goose's "Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?" but from here Brown asks the question of a mole, a toad, a horse, and other animals. Quirky details in the complex pictures will give children lots to return to.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2004

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. This title story from the late Virginia Hamilton's brilliant collection of American black folktales The People Could Fly is now reissued as a stand-alone picture book, handsomely illustrated in full color. The Dillons, who also illustrated the original collection, fill the book with powerful images.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. Norman has collected five bird tales from five living storytellers, but contrary to good modern folklore practice, he has apparently retold all the stories himself. The illustrations lack a range of feeling but are boldly designed and patterned and strive for compositional and stylistic variety. Whatever the book's shortcomings, the content of the stories--a varied and interesting bunch--is absorbing.

Reviewer: Barbara Barstow | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2004

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon & Diane Dillon. Soft, full-page illustrations depict Martha, a lost, pregnant cow, searching for a warm place on a cold winter's night. Smaller illustrations resembling woodcuts portray a parallel journey, made by a man and his pregnant wife. The two stories intersect when both cow and woman find shelter and give birth in the same small shed. Text and art tell a lyrical, unusual Nativity story.

Reviewer: Charlotte S. Huck

(1) PS Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. This simple poem echoes a train's own rhythm. The illustrations contrast a child's play with the world it represents. On the verso, a stylized "streamlined train" advances through changing scenery. On the recto, a wooden toy train follows a rug-fringe track and climbs the banister until--as the streamliner reaches the ocean at "the edge of the West"--it stops by the bed of a sleeping child. Everything about the book's design enhances its quiet mood.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2001

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. Fourteenth-century Malinke ruler Mansa Musa demonstrated his kingdom's wealth by leading a pilgrimage to Mecca. Burns invents a story of Musa's childhood that is part coming-of-age tale, part cautionary tale, and part fairy tale. The story is beautifully supported by the Dillons' jewel-like illustrations and stylized text ornaments on parchment-colored pages. The exotic setting and common fairy-tale motif will intrigue the right reader. Bib.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2001

(2) YA Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. This thirtieth anniversary edition of the Newbery Honor book has been reillustrated with black-and-white vignettes and contains a foreword by Lois Lowry.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: April, 1970

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. A lonely boy who is afraid of the dark stays indoors after the sun sets. One evening, when he's home alone with "the lights blazing," a girl named Dark befriends him and helps him embrace nighttime. Bradbury's long-winded story is accompanied by the Dillons' dreamlike, Escher-influenced artwork. The illustrations feature a white boy and an African-American girl, adding a social message to the story.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. This adaptation of a West Indian version of "Rumpelstiltskin" not only has plenty of mischief in its own right but also gives some spirit to its heroine, poignancy to its trickster, and long overdue payback to its greedy king. Gold paint, naturally, frames the theatrically posed pictures, which contrast rich patterns in clothing and décor with elegant portraiture of the (human) principals. With its easygoing lilt, the text reads aloud well.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2000

(3) YA Books of Wonder series. Translated by Anthony Bonner. Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. Using a dark palette that conveys a sense of mystery and the unknown, a dozen full-color paintings depict the exotic landscapes of Verne's classic submarine adventure in sumptuous detail. An afterword offers a bit of literary interpretation and some background information about Verne and the writing of the book.

Reviewer: Anne St. John

(3) K-3 Translated by Osvaldo Blanco. Very well translated, this Spanish edition of 'Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears' is respectful of the dialogue in the original version. The illustrations in this Caldecott medal winner complement and animate this amusing 'pourquoi' tale from West Africa.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.