 His most recent book, "The Red Hen", was released on October 26, 2010; like his preceding work, "Chicken Little" (2009) it is a collaboration with Rebecca Emberley.Emberley's first book, "The Wing on a Flea" (1961), was an ALA Notable Book and made the New York Times list of best-illustrated books for that year.He was sole runner-up for the 1967 Caldecott Medal, as illustrator of "One Wide River to Cross", written by his wife Barbara Emberley.