![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A novelty that might last a year or so.’” We’d like you to do more.’ … I said, ‘I’ve got this little book that I can turn out in two weeks. “My editor said, ‘You know, you haven’t published anything. “But suddenly two years went by and I wasn’t finished yet,” Emberley recalls. Fortified by the awards, he thought he’d take his time on his next book-he’d make no compromises, he’d redraw and redraw until it was perfect. “Drummer Hoff” was just one of at least three books he illustrated that appeared in 1967. Since the Ipswich, Massachusetts, artist had published his first children’s picture book in 1961, he’d been producing at a furious pace. Ed Emberley won the Caldecott Medal for "Drummer Hoff" in 1968. Then the following year, he won the medal for “Drummer Hoff"-a rhyme about elaborate preparations for firing a canon-lavishly illustrated with folksy woodcuts, just as he had the Noah story, but this time in full color. In 1967, Ed Emberley was one of the runners up for children’s publishing highest honor, the Caldecott Medal, for “One Wide River to Cross,” his rendition of the story of Noah’s Ark. (Greg Cook) This article is more than 8 years old. Ed Emberley in one of his studios in his Ipswich home. ![]()
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