Ed Emberley

Although most people are aware of the fact that Barbara Emberley, Ed's wife, has frequently joined forces with Ed on book projects, few are aware of the part his children, Michael and Rebecca, have played. They, too, have worked on Ed's books, helping book projects move from the beginning idea to completion. Michael is now writing and publishing books of his own, and Rebecca is working on several book ideas herself. The Emberley family is very much a part of the children's book world.

Ed studied painting and illustration at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston, where he met Barbara. They were married in 1955. After two years in the Army, Ed completed his formal art training at the Rhode Island School of Design, while his wife worked as a librarian at Brown University. Their daughter, Rebecca, was born in 1958, and their son, Michael, was born two years later.

In Ed's worl it's possible for anyone to become an artist.

Drawing Books

Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals, Little, Brown, 1970.
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book: Make a World, Little, Brown, 1972.
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces, Little, Brown, 1975.
Ed Emberley's Big Green Drawing Book, Little, Brown, 1979.
Ed Emberley's Big Orange Drawing Book, Little, Brown, 1980.
Ed Emberley's Big Purple Drawing Book, Little, Brown, 1981.
Ed Emberley's Big Red Drawing Book, Little, Brown, 1987.
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Weirdos, Little, Brown. 2004
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Trucks and Trains, Little, Brown. 2004
Picture Pie: A Circle Drawing Book, Little, Brown, 1990.
Picture Pie II: A Drawing Book and Stencil, Little, Brown, 1996.
Ed Emberley's Great Thumbprint Drawing Book, Little, Brown, 1977.
Ed Emberley's Fingerprint Drawing Book, Little, Brown, 2000

Picture Books
Drummer Hoff, Prentice-Hall, 1967.
The Story of Paul Bunyan, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1963.
Yankee Doodle, Richard Schackburg, Prentice-Hall, 1965.
One Wide River to Cross, Prentice-Hall, 1966. Little, Brown, 1992.
The Wing on a Flea, Little, Brown, 2001
Thanks Mom, Little Brown, 2002
Go Away, Big Green Monster!, Little, Brown, 1992.
Glad Monster/Sad Monster: A Book about Feelings, Anne Miranda, Little, Brown,1997.
Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll, F. M. Branley, Crowell, 1985.
The Moon Seems to Change, F. M. Branley, Harper, 1987.