#barbara emberley

[thefugitivesaint]

Edward R. Emberley, ''Simon's Song'' by Barbara Emberley, 1969

[canadianperson]

Drummer Hoff

Barbara Emberley

1967

[vestal-vermin]

Barbara and Ed Emberley, The Legend of Paul Bunyan

[eliashiebert]

The book’s main theme is a simple one — a group of happy warriors build a cannon that goes “KAHBAHBLOOM.” But, there is more to find if you “read” the pictures. They show that men can fall in love with war and, imitating the birds, go to meet it dressed as if to meet their sweethearts. The pictures also show that men can return from war sometimes with medals, and sometimes with wooden legs.

—Ed Emberley, accepting the Caldecott Award for Drummer Hoff

Via Horn Book, via Wikipedia. 

(As always, biggination mine.) 

[eliashiebert]

Drummer Hoff fired it off