Gertrude Crampton
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Gertrude Crampton (June 26, 1909 – June 25, 1996) was 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 & Schuster. As of 2001, Tootle was the all-time third best-selling hardback children's book in English; Scuffy was eighth.[1] She also wrote The Large and Growly Bear, published in the Golden Beginning Reader series in 1961, and illustrated by John P. Miller.
Born June 26, 1909, in New York, she received her teaching credentials from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
References[]
- ^ Roback, Diane; Britton, Jason, eds. (December 17, 2001). "All-Time Bestselling Children's Books". Publishers Weekly. 248 (51). Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series, 1958: January–June: Library of Congress Copyright Office
Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1996 deaths
- American children's writers
- Little Golden Books
- University of Michigan School of Education alumni
- Writers from New York (state)
- American children's writer stubs