Hardie Gramatky

Little Toot has fun in San Francisco Bay until he gets lost in the fog.

Little Toot the tugboat conquers his fear of rough seas when he single-handedly rescues an ocean liner during a storm.

From the terror of Medusa and the Minotaur to the Labors of Heracles and journeys of Theseus, the stories in this collection have thrilled and enthralled people for centuries with their high drama, hazardous quests, and unforgettable characters (both mortal and immortal). Under Olivia Coolidge's skillful pen, the landscape of early Greece and its famous legends bloom with vigor and are perfectly suited to the adventure-seeking reader.

Little Toot travels to Scotland where he befriends the Loch Ness monster.

Little Toot visits the beautiful palaces of Venice, travels its secluded waterways, and learns to blow Venetian glass bubbles which help him to save the city from a ship of thieving pirates.

When Little Toot becomes lost on the Thames he experiences many adventures and becomes a hero.

Little Toot finally finds the old steamboats just in time to urge them out of retirement to save the bayou animals from the flooding Mississippi.

Had it not been for the mischievous beagle puppy, Happy, Christmas would not have been such a grand time of year.