Little Toot - Book

The famous story of the little tugboat who rescues an ocean liner from the rocks and becomes a hero.

Hardie Gramatky wrote and illustrated Little Toot in 1939, and it has stayed in print ever since. Little Toot is a young tugboat in New York Harbor who would rather play, making figure eights and getting in the other tugs' way, than do any real work. When he ends up alone on the open ocean as a storm rolls in, it falls to him to save a grounded ocean liner.

The story won the 1969 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and Little Toot's rescue is still a classic tale of a small boat coming through when it counts. It remains a favorite for young readers who love boats.