Gertrude Crampton (June 26, 1909 – June 25, 1996) was an

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of children's books, including '' Tootle'' (1945) and '' Scuffy the Tugboat'' (1946).

Biography

Gertrude Crampton was born on June 26, 1909, in

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, 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

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, 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

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series of

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. As of 2001, ''Tootle'' was the all-time third best-selling hardback children's book in English; ''Scuffy'' was eighth. She also wrote ''The Large and Growly Bear'', published in the Golden Beginning Reader series in 1961, and illustrated by John P. Miller.

References

*Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series, 1958: January–June: Library of Congress Copyright Office 1909 births 1996 deaths American children's writers Little Golden Books University of Michigan School of Education alumni Writers from New York (state) {{US-child-writer-stub