Barbara Emberley
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Description
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.
Books
The moon seems to change
Discusses the size, distance from the earth, and physical characteristics of the moon. Explains the reasons for the phases of the moon.
Night's nice
Hop into bed,Turn over thrice,And whisper this softly:Night's nice, night's nice, night's nice.Good Night.NIGHT'S NICE will lull little ones to sleep with its soothing, sing-song text and picturesque, stunning nightscapes throughout. From moonlit treetops and city streetlamps to luminous fireworks on the 4th of July, Ed's watercolor illustrations poignantly capture the beauty of nighttime in this reissue of his classic children's story.
Simon's song
In this old nursery rhyme, a simple fellow is involved in one witless escapade after another.
The story of Paul Bunyan
Tells how Paul Bunyan, the mighty lumberjack, cleared the States of Iowa and Kansas, dug the Mississippi River, and performed other feats with his blue ox, Babe.
One wide river to cross
Woodcut illustrations and brief text from an American folk song relate the story of the animals on Noah's ark.
Drummer Hoff
A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.