Ed Emberley

Edward Randolph Emberley (born October 19, 1931) is an American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books.

Biography

Edward Randolph Emberley was born in Malden, Massachusetts on October 19, 1931. He studied art at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston (now the Massachusetts College of Art and Design), from which he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and illustration. He also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Emberley married Barbara, a librarian and writer, in 1955; they have two children, Rebecca and Michael. Michael is also an illustrator. They currently live in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Rebecca is also a children's books author and illustrator.

Career

Emberley is best known for his children's book work - particularly instructional drawing books. Emberley believes that everyone can learn to draw. His drawing books for children feature clear step-by-step instructions employing numbers, letters, and shapes graded to the early elementary school level. For example, the book ''Ed Emberley's A.B.C.'' uses this style of instruction, presenting a single letter-based drawing for each letter of the alphabet.

Emberley has illustrated or contributed to over 50 books, many of which were first published between the 1960s and 1980s. Renewed interest in Emberley's work has come from adults who first encountered his books as children and now are purchasing them for their own children. His most recent book, ''The Red Hen'', was released on October 26, 2010; like his preceding work, ''Chicken Little'' (2009), it is a collaboration with Rebecca Emberley.

Awards and honors

Emberley's first book, ''The Wing on a Flea'' (1961), was an ALA Notable Book and made the New York Times list of best-illustrated books for that year. He was sole runner-up for the 1967 Caldecott Medal, as illustrator of ''One Wide River to Cross'', written by his wife Barbara Emberley. Next year he won the Medal for another collaboration with Barbara, '' Drummer Hoff''. The award by children's librarians annually recognizes "the most distinguished American picture book for children". ''Drummer Hoff'' was also named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list.

Selected works

*'' A Birthday Wish'' 1977
*'' Bits and Bytes: A Computer Dictionary for Beginners'' 1985 (illustrator)
*'' Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug'' 2007
*'' Chicken Little'' 2009 (illustrator)
*''Clothing'' 1969 (illustrator)
*''Columbus Day'' (illustrator)
*'' Drummer Hoff'' 1968 (illustrator)
*'' Ed Emberley's 6 Nature Adventures'' 1982
*'' Ed Emberley's ABC'' 1978
*'' Ed Emberley's Big Green Drawing Book'' c1979
*'' Ed Emberley's Big Orange Drawing Book'' c1980
*'' Ed Emberley's Big Purple Drawing Book'' c1981
*'' Ed Emberley's Big Red Drawing Book'' c1987
*'' Ed Emberley's Christmas Drawing Book'' c1987
*'' Ed Emberley's Crazy Mixed-Up Face Game'' c1981
*'' Ed Emberley's Drawing Book: Make a World'' 1972
*'' Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals'' 1970
*'' Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces'' 1975
*'' Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Trucks and Trains'' 2002
*'' Ed Emberley's Fingerprint Drawing Book'' 2001
*'' Ed Emberley's Great Thumbprint Drawing Book'' c1977
*'' Ed Emberley's Jumbo Book of Drawing Activities''
*'' Ed Emberley's Little Book of Drawing Farms''
*'' Ed Emberley's Little Drawing Book of Trains'' 1973
*'' Ed Emberley's Little Drawing Book of Weirdos'' 1973
*'' Ed Emberley's Picture Pie'' 1984
*'' Ed Emberley's Second Drawing Box''
*'' Ed Emberley's Three Science Flip Books''
*'' Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll'' 1985 (illustrator)
*'' First Words: Cars, Boats and Planes''
*'' First Words: Sounds''
*'' Glad Monster, Sad Monster'' 1997 (illustrator)
*'' Go Away, Big Green Monster'' 1993
*'' Green Says Go''
*'' How to Talk to Your Computer'' (illustrator)
*'' If You're a Monster and You Know It...'' 2010 (illustrator)
*'' Kid-Friendly Computer Book (illustrator)
*'' Kid-Friendly Computer Start-Ups (illustrator)
*'' Klippity Klop''
*'' Krispin's Fair'' 1976 (illustrator)
*'' Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home'' 1967 (illustrator)
*'' Meet the Computer'' (illustrator)
*'' Moon Seems to Change'' (illustrator)
*'' One Wide River to Cross'' 1967
*''The Parade Book'' 1962
*'' Simon's Song'' (illustrator)
*'' Squiggles, Dots and Lines''
*'' Straight Hair, Curly Hair'' (illustrator)
*'' Suppose You Met a Witch'' 1973 (illustrator)
*'' Thanks Mom''
*''The Ant and the Grasshopper'' (illustrator)
*'' The BASIC Book'' (illustrator)
*'' The Big Dipper'' 1962 (illustrator)
*''The Bottom of the Sea'' 1966 (illustrator)
*''The Fisherman and his Wife'' unfinished (illustrator)
*'' The Gallant Tailor'' unfinished (adaptor and illustrator)
*'' The Lion and the Mice'' (illustrator)
*''The Red Hen'' 2010
*'' The Story of Paul Bunyan'' 1963 (illustrator)
*'' The Wing on a Flea'' 1961
*'' The Wizard of Op'' 1975
*'' There Was an Old Lady'' unfinished (illustrator)
*'' There Was an Old Monster!'' 2009 (illustrator)
*'' Three: An Emberley Family Sketchbook'' 1998
*'' Turtle Talk'' (illustrator)
*'' Where's My Sweetie Pie?'' 2010
*''Yankee Doodle'' (illustrator)
*''Rosebud'' 1966
*''The Crocodile and the Scorpion''
*''Spare Parts'' (illustrator)

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1931 births
Living people
American children's writers
Caldecott Medal winners
American children's book illustrators
Massachusetts College of Art and Design alumni