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Scuffy The Tugboat
''Scuffy the Tugboat'' is a children's book written by Gertrude Crampton and illustrated by Tibor Gergely. The book was first published in 1946 as part of the Little Golden Books Little Golden Books is a series of children's books, published since 1942. ''The Poky Little Puppy'', the eighth release in the series, is the top-selling children's book of all time in the United States.. Many other Little Golden Books have b ... series. Plot Scuffy is a toy tugboat who wishes for "bigger things" than sailing in the bathtub. The Man with the Polkadot Tie (who owns a toy store) and his son take Scuffy to a small brook in a pasture, and soon the current carries him away. At first Scuffy is pleased. The brook grows into a stream which turns into a small river and finally a larger river. Scuffy is overwhelmed by the sheer size of things around him. As he is just about to sail off into the endless ocean, he is rescued by the man and his boy and returned to the bathtub where Scuffy is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Crampton
Gertrude Crampton (June 26, 1909 – June 25, 1996) was an author of children's books, including '' Tootle'' (1945) and '' Scuffy the Tugboat'' (1946). Biography Gertrude Crampton was born on June 26, 1909, in Brooklyn, New York, to Faust Crampton and Ruby O'Mally Crampton."New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WZB-C56 : 11 February 2018), Gertrude Crampton, 26 Jun 1909; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 19221 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,022,667. She received her teaching credentials from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1928 and taught in the Mason Consolidated Schools in Erie, Michigan in the 1950s and 1960s. Her books ''Tootle'' and ''Scuffy'' were published in the popular Little Golden Books series of Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibor Gergely
Tibor Gergely ( August 3, 1900 – January 13, 1978) was a Hungarian-American artist best known for his illustration of popular children's picture books. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Biography Born in Budapest in 1900, into a middle-class Jewish family, he studied art briefly in Vienna before immigrating to the United States in 1939, where he settled in New York City. Largely a self-taught artist, he also contributed several covers of ''The New Yorker'', mostly during the 1940s. Among the most popular children's books Gergely illustrated are ''The Happy Man and His Dump Truck'', ''Busy Day Busy People'', ''The Magic Bus (by Maurice Doblier)'', '' The Little Red Caboose'', ''The Fire Engine Book'', ''Tootle'', ''Five Little Firemen'', ''Five Hundred Animals from A to Z'', and ''Scuffy the Tugboat''. Many of his better known books were published by Little Golden Books Little Golden Books is a series of children' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Golden Books
Little Golden Books is a series of children's books, published since 1942. ''The Poky Little Puppy'', the eighth release in the series, is the top-selling children's book of all time in the United States.. Many other Little Golden Books have become bestsellers, including ''Tootle'', ''Scuffy the Tugboat'', ''The Little Red Hen'', and '' Doctor Dan the Bandage Man''. Several of its illustrators later became influential within the children's book industry, including Corinne Malvern, Tibor Gergely, Gustaf Tenggren, Feodor Rojankovsky, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkin, and Garth Williams. Many books in the Little Golden Books series deal with nature, science, Bible stories, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales. Christmas titles are published every year. Some Little Golden Books and related products have featured popular characters from other media, such as ''Disney, ''Looney Tunes'', ''The Muppets'', ''Sesame Street'', ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Barbie'', ''Power Rangers'', Thomas the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tugboats In Fiction
A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, such as in crowded harbour or narrow canals, or cannot move at all, such as barges, disabled ships, log rafts, or oil platforms. Some are ocean-going, some are icebreakers or salvage tugs. Early models were powered by steam engines, long ago superseded by diesel engines. Many have deluge gun water jets, which help in firefighting, especially in harbours. Types Seagoing Seagoing tugs (deep-sea tugs or ocean tugboats) fall into four basic categories: #The standard seagoing tug with model bow that tows almost exclusively by way of a wire cable. In some rare cases, such as some USN fleet tugs, a synthetic rope hawser may be used for the tow in the belief that the line can be pulled aboard a disabled ship by the crew owing to its lightness com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Picture Books
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
