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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books
  • First Book:
    December 1973
  • Latest Book:
    May 2025
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  • OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD!
    This classic interactive book that has been helping children chase away nighttime fears for 25 years is perfect for Halloween--and all-year round!
    Caldecott Award-winner Ed Emberley has created an ingenious way for c...



  • Featuring selected pages from Ed Emberley's Big Orange Drawing Book, a collection of things for kids to draw and projects to make as they get ready for Halloween includes jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, witches, and cats. Original....






  • A father and his two children--all of which are popular illustrators--create a picture book that focuses on the concept of "three" while demonstrating each family member's own unique, artistic ability....



  • Glad, sad, silly, mad - monsters have all kinds of different feelings! In this innovative die-cut book, featuring a snazzy foil cover, you'll try on funny masks as you walk through the wide range of moods all little monsters (and kids!) experience. ...




  • Originally published 40 years ago, this book uses vivid illustrations and simple rhyming text by a noted author/illustrator to introduce the concept of shapes and sizes to curious young readers as he suggests how they can view the world in a new and ...



  • When MouseÆs piece of cheese is stolen away by the cat, the chase begins as one animal after the other keeps MouseÆs lunch away, but soon Mom notices what has happened and quickly makes everything okay for hungry Mouse once again....



  • Here comes Big Bad Bullybug! He's big, mean, and scary--and loves to pick on little itty bitty bugs! With the turn of each die-cut page, Bullybug grows bigger, meaner, and scarier. But it's the itty bitty bugs who get the last laugh in this exciting,...



  • I've looked low, I've looked high, but... Where's my sweetie pie? Little ones will love listening and playing along with this adorable lift-the-flap book from beloved Caldecott Award-winning author/illustrator, Ed Emberley. Featuring a heart-sha...



  • Children will love this monsterously fun story, featuring die-cuts on every spread. With each turn of the page, readers reveal Little Green Monster's little yellow eyes, his little red mouth, and even a cute, tiny white monster tooth. Then, when the ...




  • In 1975, more than a decade into a career that would establish him as one of the most innovative children’s book authors of his time, artist and illustrator Ed Emberley followed the gothic woodcuts of his previous book, Suppose You Met a Witch,...






  • This monstrously fun companion to the bestselling classic Go Away, Big Green Monster! shows kids how to calm down with more than ten interactive peekaboo pages. Big Red Monster is angry! Turning the pages reveals colorful illustrations of d...


Award-Winning Books by Ed Emberley

Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug!
2009 Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award -- Picture Book
Go Away, Big Green Monster!
1994 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Picture Book


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ed Emberley has published 20 books.

The next book by Ed Emberley, Take a Breath, Big Red Monster!, will be published in May 2025.

The first book by Ed Emberley, Ed Emberley's Little Drawing Book of Trains, was published in December 1973.

No. Ed Emberley does not write books in series.