Tootle - Little Golden Book Author:Gertrude Crampton, Tibor Gergely (Illustrator) Lower Trainswitch has a fine school for engines. There are lessons in Whistle Blowing, Stopping for a Red Flag Waving, Puffing Loudly When Starting, Coming Around Curves Safely, Screeching When Stopping, and Clicking and Clacking Over the Rails. Of all the things that are taught in the Lower Trainswitch School for Locomotives, the most important... more » is Staying on the Rails No Matter What.
Tootle comes to Lower Trainswitch and wants to grow up to be the Flyer between New York and Chicago. Engineer Bill thinks he has a good chance if he works very hard. But Tootle finds he likes to go off the rails and frolic in the meadow. How will Engineer Bill get him back on track?« less