Three Jovial Huntsmen

by Susan Jeffers, and published by Bradbury

The book cover of "Three Jovial Huntsmen" by Susan Jeffers features three huntsmen standing under a tree at the top of a rocky hill. Arrayed in a cutaway view below them are animals, including wolf cubs, bears in a den, a squirrel, rabbits and prairie dogs in burrows as well as partridges and a turtle. The Randolph Caldecott Medal Award Seal has been affixed to the upper left, below the title.

About

The beautiful soft pen-and-ink drawings, with an overlay of colors, produce a lovely picture book based on the old nursery rhyme about the three hunters, who, though they hunted all day and all night, saw only a sailing ship, a cheese, and a pin cushion. The reader enjoys a huge joke as he sees the many merry animals skillfully hidden among the tree trunks, between the roots and branches, and above the hunters' heads.

Awards Won

Title Year
Randolph Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott and is intended to create more abundant and joyful life in pictures for children. It is awarded to the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States during the year, and shall be awarded to the artist whether or not he be author of the text.
 1974 - Honor(s)