Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky

Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky

The beloved classic children's book now available as a sturdy board book

Little Toot is a tugboat who does not want to tug. Instead, he wants to make figure eights in the harbor and bother all the other tugboats. But when he ends up all alone on the open water as a storm is rolling in, it's up to him to save a stuck ocean liner. This classic story is sure to delight a whole new generation of readers

Hardie Gramatky was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1907, but after his father died of illness, he relocated to California as a tiny child. Before becoming one of Disney's early animators in 1929, he attended Stanford University and Chouinard Art Institute, paying for his education by working as a logger and a bank teller. He was a founding member of the California Watercolor movement in the 1920s and 1930s. After a 6-year Disney contract expired in 1936, he left the firm (making $150 per week, a significant figure during the Depression) to pursue a career as an illustrator in New York City with his wife, artist Dorothea Cooke. Gramatky was working in his Pearl Street studio when he noticed a Moran tugboat outside his window that didn't want to work and kept doing figure 8s on the East River.

After painting many watercolors of the bustling waterfront in 1939, Gramatky imagined what might happen if a tug refused to tug and penned the narrative. The book was an instant hit and has been a favorite picture book ever since, while Gramatky's fine art watercolors and giclée prints have remained in high demand. On April 29, 1979, he died of ileal cancer in Westport, Connecticut.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780593095454
ISBN 10	0593095456
Title	Little Toot
Author	Hardie Gramatky
Series	Little Toot
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2019-07-16
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.