"DRUMMER HOFF" is a lively folk verse all about the building of a cannon. Brightly dressed in full uniform, each soldier brings a part for the remarkable machine.
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.
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.
Target age: 4 to 8
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub Date: October 1, 1967
0.45" H x 8.2" L x 9.74" W
32 pages
Hardcover