Smokey Night by Eve Bunting

Title: Smokey Night

Author: Bunting, Eve

Illustration: David Diaz

Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company

Comments

This is the 1995 Caldecott Award Winner. These are by far some of the most interesting illustrations I have seen. Text is only on the left hand side, thus the right hand side is free for strong illustration done in oils, I think. The other interesting thing about the illustrations in this book is the background of the text box on the left hand side. The background is taken from the text of that page. For example, if the text says that the rioters were throwing cereal from Mrs. Kim’s store, the cereal is in the background of the text page.