Drummer Hoff

A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.

About the author

Barbara and Ed Emberley’s collaborations include the Caldecott Honor Book One Wide River to Cross. Ed’s books have also been honored on the New York Times’s annual Best Illustrated Books List. The Emberleys live in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Summary

A rhyming, vibrantly illustrated picture book based on the folk song of seven soldiers.

Ed Emberley won the 1968 Caldecott Medal for his bold illustrations for Barbara Emberley’s jaunty adaptation of the cumulative folk song about soldiers who build a magnificent cannon and Drummer Hoff, who fires it off.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Emberley, Ed Emberley, Edward R. Emberley
• Assisted by: Ed Emberley (Illustration)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster N.Y.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1967
• EAN: 9780671662486
• ISBN: 978-0-671-66248-6
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 194 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 320 g
• Illustrations: f-c
• Subject: Children's and young people's books