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| Author | Eve Bunting |
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| Illustrator | David Diaz |
| Genre | Children's picture book Modern Realistic Fiction |
| Publisher | Harcourt Brace |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 40 |
| ISBN | 978-0-15-269954-3 |
| OCLC | 28294012 |
| [E] 20 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.B91527 Sl 1994 |
Smoky Night is a 1994 children's book by Eve Bunting. It tells the story of a Los Angeles riot and its aftermath through the eyes of a young boy named Daniel. The ongoing fires and looting force neighbors who previously disliked each other to work together to find their cats. In the end, the cats teach their masters how to get along. The book made the list of One Hundred Books that Shaped the Century compiled by the Staff at the School Library Journal.[1] They added the book to the list as paving the way towards the genre of serious picture books.[2] David Diaz's acrylic, collage-like illustration of the tale earned the book the 1995 Caldecott Medal.[3]
- ^ SLJ. "One Hundred Books that Shaped the Century". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ School Library Journal: [1] Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine. URL accessed 2 April 2010.
- ^ American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. URL accessed 27 May 2009.