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 and 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.
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- ^ Roback, Diane; Britton, Jason, eds (December 17, 2001). "All-Time Bestselling Children's Books". Publishers Weekly 248 (51). http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20011217/28595-all-time-bestselling-children-s-books-.html. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
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