A rhyming, vibrantly illustrated picture book based on the folk song of seven soldiers.
Ed Emberley won the 1968 Caldecott Medal for his bold illustrations for Barbara Emberley’s jaunty adaptation of the cumulative folk song about soldiers who build a magnificent cannon and Drummer Hoff, who fires it off.---from the publisher
32 pages 978-0671662493 Ages 5-8
Keywords: soldiers, cumulative folk song, Caldecott Medal, nursery rhyme, classic, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old
