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Author Bunting, Eve, 1928- author

Title Smoky night / written by Eve Bunting ; illustrated by David Diaz
Edition First edition
Published San Diego : Harcourt Brace, [1994]
©1994
©1994

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Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Series Caldecott
Caldecott
Summary Daniel and his mother look out of their window at the smoky night below. There are looters on the street, fires in the distance. Daniel clutches his cat, Jasmine. But later, when they're forced to leave the apartment building, Jasmine can't be found. Mrs. Kim's cat is missing too. Where are they? They can't be with each other. Those cats don't get along ... This story is about cats and people who couldn't get along until a night of rioting brings them together. Winner of Caldecott medal, 1995
When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality
Analysis Picture books
Notes "The paintings in this books were done in acrylics on Arches watercolor paper. The backgrounds were composed and photographed by the illustrator. The title type was hand-lettered by the illustrator. The display type was set in Kabel Ultra by Central Graphics, San Diego, California. The text type was set in Syntax Bolb by Thompson Type, San Diego, California. Color separations were made by Bright Arts, Ltd., Singapore. Printed and bound by Tien Wah Press, Singapore. Production supervision by Warren Wallerstein and Kent MacElwee. Designed by David Diaz and Lydia D'moch"--Colophon
Art techniques used: Powerful acrylic paintings with contrasting black and brightly colored hues. These paintings appear on a backdrop of mixed media collages and found objects
Decoding indicator: 70 (high) Semantic indicator: 80 (high) Syntactic indicator: 70 (high) Structure indicator: 90 (high) Lexile
530L Lexile
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.4 0.5 10202 - No Quiz Available
Caldecott Medal, 1995; American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1995
Subject Anxiety -- Juvenile fiction.
Attitude change -- Juvenile fiction.
Cats -- Juvenile fiction.
Compassion -- Juvenile fiction.
Fire -- Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Neighborhoods -- Juvenile fiction.
Neighborliness -- Fiction.
Neighborliness -- Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors -- Juvenile fiction.
Public shelters -- Juvenile fiction.
Reconciliation -- Juvenile fiction.
Riots -- Juvenile fiction.
Riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- Juvenile fiction.
Theft -- Juvenile fiction.
Violence -- Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Neighborliness -- Fiction.
Riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
SUBJECT Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106612
Genre/Form Picture books.
Fiction.
Author D'moch, Lydia, book designer
Diaz, David, illustrator
Diaz, David, book designer
MacElwee, Kent, book producer
Wallerstein, Warren, book producer
Bright Arts, Ltd., printer
Central Graphics, typographer
Thompson Type (Firm), typographer
Tien Wah Press Sdn. Bhd., printer
LC no. 93014885
ISBN 0152010351
0152018840
0152699546
9780152010355
9780152018849
9780152699543