The Los Angeles riots made author Eve Bunting wonder about what riots meant to the children who live through them -- and what we can all learn from such upheavals. She has written more than 100 books for children and young adults, including Night Tree and Summer Wheels, and many deal thoughtfully with difficult issues.
Smoky Night was the winner of the 1995 Caldecott Medal; an American Library Association Notable Children's Book; a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; and a Parent's Choice Award. (Goodreads)
David Diaz's artwork in Smoky Night is not atypical of his style of illustrations but he has captured the mood of the story with his color choices. The collage backgrounds are very distinctive and interpretive of each page's text. I can understand why this work above his others earned him the Caldecott.
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