Gertrude Crampton

Gertrude Crampton

Gertrude Crampton (1905-) is an author of children's books, including "Tootle" (1945) and "Scuffy the Tugboat" (1946).

Both "Tootle" and "Scuffy" were published in the popular Little Golden Books series of Simon and Schuster. As of 2000, "Tootle" was the all-time third best-selling hardback children's book in English; "Scuffy" was fifth. She also wrote "The Large and Growly Bear", published in the Golden Beginning Reader series in 1961, and illustrated by John P. Miller.


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