![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. He illustrated more than seventy Golden Books, including The Great Big Fire Engine Book, The Taxi That Hurried, Daddies, The Merry Shipwreck, Seven Little Postmen, The Happy Man and His Dump Truck, Animal Orchestra, and Animal Gym. In 1955, Gergely received a Caldecott Honor for Wheel on the Chimney, written by Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon. His long association with Golden Books began in 1942-the year of its launch-and continued as long as he lived. In 1939, Gergely immigrated to the United States, settling in New York. Scuffy the Tugboat sets off to explore the world, but soon learns that he is happiest sailing in his bathtub. Gergely designed stage sets and marionettes and worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for central European newspapers. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he received his formal art schooling in Vienna at age 20. TIBOR GERGELY (1900-1978) brought to life two of the most popular Little Golden Book characters, beloved by generations: Scuffy the Tugboat and Tootle. Crampton was born in New York in 1909, and studied at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. This is the please for a red-painted tugboat, says Scuffy. ![]() ![]() Read 166 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. ![]() GERTRUDE CRAMPTON (1909-1996) wrote the beloved classic Little Golden Books Tootle (published in 1945) and Scuffy the Tugboat (published in 1946), both of which have never been out of print. Scuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude Crampton Scuffy the Tugboat book. ![]()
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