New Releases by Hardie Gramatky

Loopy is a little training plane used by student pilots, and eager to show what he could do for himself, given the chance. He gets the chance when a student "show off" takes to his parachute in a storm.

When the Mississippi river floods, adventure-loving Little Toot sets out on a daring rescue mission. The plucky little tugboat, with the help of several forlorn old steamboats, once again faces a challenge to his resourcefulness.

Little Toot hears of the monster at Loch Ness and goes off to see for himself. The riverboats make fun of him, the search boats on the loch order him away, the fishing boat won''t talk to him. But Little Toot perseveres, and finally meets the soft-spoken Nessie.

Little Toot had never been to San Francisco. As he steamed under the Golden Gate Bridge and saw the sunlit bay filled with busy boats of all kinds and the high hills perched above the city, Little Toot knew he was going to have fun. And Little Toot did have fun until the San Francisco fog crept over the bay and engulfed the tiny tugboat. Little toot was lost!

Little Toot, the playful tugboat of the New York waterways, again crosses the Atlantic Ocean, This time he goes with his father to Venice. In that storied city of canals, he is enchanted by St. Mark''s Square, the famous glassblowers, and the friendly Venetians.

Homer is a train caboose and one of the best in the business. He has a coat of red paint, and a gleam in his eye, and he carries himself with pride. The only trouble is that Homer''s job as end man on the train causes him to ride backwards.

The modern fairy tale of a Greek boy who believes ardently in Poseidon, God of the sea, is presented with conviction by the author of Little Toot.

Disney comics collectors have long reveled in the work of "Duck Man" Carl Barks; now, by popular demand, it''s time to celebrate Floyd Gottfredson -- groundbreaking "Mouse Man" and 2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Hall of Fame inductee! This multi-volume collection will bring together the majority of Gottfredson''s works, many never before reprinted in North America! Volume One traces the earliest, scrappiest Mickey from Gottfredson''s first daily strip adventure, 1930''s "Death Valley," through such legendary classics as "Circus Roustabout," "Blaggard Castle," and "Mickey Mouse and His Horse Tanglefoot"! Join feisty Minnie, know-it-all Horace Horsecollar, fiendish Pegleg Pete and our daring, two-fisted hero for wild adventures among cowboys, mad scientists, and even (gulp!) city slickers! Fascinating essays by Disney historians Jim Korkis and Thomas Andrae round out this collectors'' volume in style!

Join Little Toot on a busy tugboat day. Help him pull cargo, push boats into the dock, and teach other little tugboats to play thread-the-needle and do his famous figure 8''s! Over 75 stickers included!

Little Toot and his father take a trip to Maine, where Little Toot gets lost exploring with his friend Bob.

Colorful vinyl pages give children an extra incentive for bathtime as Little Toot cleans up on the high seas.

Toot along with the tugboat who has charmed generations! The classic edition with original art by Hardie Gramatky.

The beloved classic children''s book now available as a sturdy board book! Little Toot is a tugboat who does not want to tug. Instead, he wants to make figure eights in the harbor and bother all the other tugboats. But when he ends up all alone on the open water as a storm is rolling in, it’s up to him to save a stuck ocean liner. This classic story is sure to delight a whole new generation of readers!

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

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.

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.