Drummer Hoff

Drummer Hoff
Author(s)	Barbara Emberley
Illustrator	Ed Emberley
Country	United States
Genre(s)	Children's picture book
Publisher	Prentice-Hall
Publication date	1967
ISBN	ISBN 0-671-66249-X
OCLC Number	17300593
Dewey Decimal	784.4/05 19
LC Classification	PZ8.3.E515 Dr 1987

Drummer Hoff is the title and main character of a children's book by Barbara and Ed Emberley. Ed Emberley won the 1968 Caldecott Medal for the book's illustrations.^[1] Written by Barbara Emberley, it tells a tale of seven soldiers who build a cannon named the "Sultan", and Drummer Hoff, who fires it off, with the book exploding into a blast of colors. The last picture shows the exploded cannon at a future point in time among wildflowers and birds. The illustrations evoke both 1960s psychedelica and Colonial American engravings. In 1969 it was transformed into an animated 6 minute theatrical short, Directed By Gene Deitch and produced by Morton Schindel of Weston Woods Studios. It was released on DVD in 2008.^[2]

Characters (in order of appearance)

• Drummer Hoff
• Private Parriage
• Corporal Farrell
• Sergeant Chowder
• Captain Bammer
• Major Scott
• General Border

References

1. ^ American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present. URL accessed 27 May 2009.
2. ^ Scholastic Storybook Treasures, http://store.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_null_47812_-1_10052_10051

Awards
Preceded by Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine	Caldecott Medal recipient 1968	Succeeded by The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship