Happy 75th, Ed Emberley! (Caldecott illustrator-"Drummer Hoff" -1968)
leno...@yahoo.com
Co-writes/illustrates with his wife, Barbara Emberley. He has created
about 80 books, 20 or so of which are still in print. Many of them are
about how to draw and include his name in the title. He also won the
Caldecott Honor for "One Wide River to Cross" in 1967.
"Writing in TIME, Timothy Foote called 'Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of
Animals' 'that all but unheard-of success, a "how-to-draw" book that
really works.' Pamela Marsh of the 'Christian Science Monitor'
predicted that the book 'can turn anyone over eight into an instant
artist' and noted that 'it makes an encouraging book for those, adults
included, who imagine they can't draw for toffee.' "
http://www.edemberley.com/pages/main.aspx?section=home
(his website)
http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorhome.jsp?authorID=33&collateralID=5156&displayName=Biography
(brief bio and photo - it alludes to his children's work as well)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer_Hoff
(cover & plot of "Drummer Hoff")
http://images.google.com/images?q=%22ed+emberley%22+&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N
(artwork - 14 pages' worth)
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/emberley.htm
(de Grummond papers)
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1320_type=Contributor_typeId=3099
(interview by students, who ask, among other things, what a saltbox
house is)
"Drummer Hoff" was based on "a retelling of the traditional poem 'John
Ball Shot Them All,' which is about the making of a rifle":
"General Border gave the order
Major Scott brought the shot
Captain Bammer brought the rammer
Sergeant Chowder brought the powder
Corporal Farrell brought the barrel
Private Parriage brought the carriage
but Drummer Hoff fired it off."
With psychedelic woodcuts.
Writings (leaving out those that begin with his name - you can see some
of those at his website)
SELF-ILLUSTRATED
The Wing on a Flea: A Book about Shapes, Little, Brown (Boston, MA),
1961, reprinted, 2001.
The Parade Book, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1962.
Cock a Doodle Doo, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1964.
Punch and Judy: A Play for Puppets, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1965.
Rosebud, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1966.
London Bridge Is Falling Down, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1967.
Green Says Go, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1968.
Klippity Klop, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1974.
The Wizard of Op, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1975.
A Birthday Wish, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1977.
Six Nature Adventures, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1982.
First Words: Home, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1987.
First Words: Sounds, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1987.
First Words: Animal, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1987.
First Words: Cars, Boats, and Planes, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1987.
Christmas Drawing Book, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1987.
Picture Pie: A Circle Drawing Book, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1990.
Go Away, Big Green Monster!, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1992.
Picture Pie II: A Drawing Book and Stencil, Little, Brown (Boston, MA),
1996.
(With Anne Miranda) Glad Monster/Sad Monster: A Book about Feelings,
Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1997.
(With children, Michael and Rebecca Emberley) Three: An Emberley Family
Sketchbook, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1998.
ILLUSTRATOR; WRITTEN BY WIFE, BARBARA EMBERLEY
Night's Nice, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1963.
The Story of Paul Bunyan, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1963
(Adapter) One Wide River to Cross, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1966
(Adapter) Drummer Hoff, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1967
Simon's Song, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1969.
ILLUSTRATOR
Ruth Bonn Penn, Mommies Are for Loving, Putnam (New York, NY), 1962.
Franklyn M. Branley, The Big Dipper, Crowell (New York, NY), 1962.
Mary Kay Phelan, The White House, Holt (New York, NY), 1962.
Roma Gans, Birds Eat and Eat and Eat, Crowell (New York, NY), 1963.
Leslie Waller, American Inventions, Holt (New York, NY), 1963.
Franklyn M. Branley, Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll, Crowell (New York,
NY), 1964, new edition illustrated by Barbara Emberley, Harper (New
York, NY), 1987.
Richard Schackburg, Yankee Doodle, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1965,
reprinted, Half Moon (New York, NY), 1994.
L. Schatz, Rhinoceros? Preposterous!, Steck-Vaughn, 1965.
Dorothy Les-Tina, Flag Day, Crowell (New York, NY), 1965.
Paul Showers, Columbus Day, Crowell (New York, NY), 1965.
M. C. Farquhar, Colonial Life in America, Holt (New York, NY), 1965.
Augusta Goldin, The Bottom of the Sea, Crowell (New York, NY), 1966.
Augusta Goldin, Straight Hair, Curly Hair, Crowell (New York, NY),
1966.
Leslie Waller, The American West, Holt (New York, NY), 1966.
Judy Hawes, Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly away Home, Crowell (New York, NY),
1967.
Heywood Broun, The Fifty-first Dragon, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY),
1968.
Leslie Waller, Clothing, Holt (New York, NY), 1969.
Mindel and Harry Sitomer, What Is Symmetry?, Crowell (New York, NY),
1970.
Ian Serraillier, Suppose You Met a Witch, Little, Brown (Boston, MA),
1973.
John G. Keller, Krispin's Fair, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1976.
(With Barbara Emberley) Seymour Simon, The BASIC Book, Harper (New
York, NY), 1985.
(With Barbara Emberley) Seymour Simon, Bits and Bytes: A Computer
Dictionary for Beginners, Harper (New York, NY), 1985.
(With Barbara Emberley) Seymour Simon, How to Talk to Your Computer,
Harper (New York, NY), 1985.
(With Barbara Emberley) Seymour Simon, Meet the Computer, Harper (New
York, NY), 1985.
(With Barbara Emberley) Seymour Simon, Turtle Talk: A Beginner's Book
of Logo, Harper (New York, NY), 1986.
(With Barbara Emberley) Franklyn M. Branley, The Moon Seems to Change,
revised edition, Crowell (New York, NY), 1987.
Franklyn M. Branley, Space City, Harper (New York, NY), 1991.
Lenona.
P.S. His son Michael illustrated Robie H. Harris' "It's Perfectly
Normal: Changing Bodies, Sex, and Sexual Health" in 1994.
