Drummer Hoff
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. Written by Barbara Emberley, it tells a cumulative 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 andproduced by Morton Schindel of Weston Woods Studios. It was released on DVD in 2008.
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Drummer Hoff
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. Written by Barbara Emberley, it tells a cumulative 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 andproduced by Morton Schindel of Weston Woods Studios. It was released on DVD in 2008.
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0-671-66249-X
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