Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky

Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky

Toot along with the tugboat who has charmed generations! The classic edition with original art by Hardie Gramatky.

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	9780698115767
ISBN 10	0698115767
Title	Little Toot
Author	Hardie Gramatky
Series	Little Toot
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
Year published	1997-08-25
Number of pages	96
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.