Little Toot [Hardcover]

I am delighted to know that this classic piece of Americana,Little Toot, will be enjoyed by readers of all ages for years go come. --Eric Carle

Celebrate Little Toot's 80th anniversary!

First published in 1939, this classic story of the energetic tugboat who didn't let his size or doubters stop him is brought to new life in this restored edition. With the help and support of Hardie Gramatky's estate, to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, we have used archived first editions and Hardie's original paintings to restoreLittle Tootto its full glory, bringing back a richness of color that has been lost in decades of reprintings. This new edition also features several of the artist's full-color manuscript sketches, never before seen in print, and reintroduces the book's exquisite original endpapers.Praise forLittle Tootby Hardie Gramatky:

I am delighted to know that this classic piece of Americana,Little Toot, will be enjoyed by readers of all ages for many years to come. --Eric Carle

How delightful to revisit the seaworthy world of brave Little Toot--that little tugboat who proves his courage riding atop Gramatky's superb, water, wild waves. This book has a sweet innocence and joy. --Maurice SendakHardie Gramatky was born in Dallas, TX, in 1907 but moved to California as a small boy after his father died of tuberculosis. He attended Stanford University (earning the tuition by working as a logger and a bank teller) and Chouinard Art Institute before becoming one of Disney’s early animators in 1929. In the 1920s and `30s, he helped start the California Watercolor movement. In 1936, after a 6-year Disney contract expired, he left the company (earning $150 a week, a huge sum in the Depression) to move to New York City with his wife, artist Dorothea Cooke, to become illustrators. It was there, in his studio on Pearl Street, that Gramatky saw a Moran tugboat out his window that obviously didn&l#