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Little Toot
by Hardie Gramatky
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 039922419X
- ISBN 13
- 9780399224195
- Seller
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Barrie, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Little Toot the tugboat is afraid of the wide rough and tumble seas, but when he spots a cruise ship in distress what is the little boat to do?
This stunning revival edition of a childhood favourite feature's the original watercoloured endpaper design from 1939 and a combination of original and new illustrations. Hardie Gramatky was named one of top watercolourists in America by Watercolor Magazine and his illustrations have charmed generations.
Published: 1992
Publisher: GP Putnam's Sons
ISBN: 9780399224195
Condition: Very Good. Sticker residue on back, slight waving from water on bottom left corner of pages. Spine uncracked.
Synopsis
Hardie 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’t want to work and kept making figure 8s on the East River. So in 1939 after painting many watercolors of the busy harbor, Gramatky wondered what would happen if a “tug didn’t want to tug” and wrote the story. The book got immediate attention and has been a favorite picture book ever since, and Gramatky’s fine art watercolors and giclée prints continue to be prized. He died of cancer of the ileum in Westport, Connecticut, on April 29, 1979.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sweater Witch Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100
- Title
- Little Toot
- Author
- Hardie Gramatky
- Illustrator
- Hardie Gramatky
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039922419X
- ISBN 13
- 9780399224195
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 96
- Size
- 18.5cm x 20.5 cm x 1.5cm
- Keywords
- steam boat, water colour, special edition, 1930s, classics, children, picture book
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sweater Witch Books
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Barrie, Ontario
About Sweater Witch Books
The best memories in my life are of reading as a child and the anticipation of starting a new book. I want to help provide that feeling for others through carefully curated children's and young adult books, plus some others that catch my eye.
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