Scuffy the Tugboat

Written by Gertrude Crampton
Illustrated by Tibor Gergely

Little Golden Books were originally published to promote literacy among poor people.  Which is commendable.  But it wasn't just the printing and binding that they spared expense on.

The writing is heavy handed.  The moral of the story is to stay were you belong.  Probably because it's written for poor people.

Scuffy dreams of sailing out beyond into the wide ocean.  But the wide ocean is too much for him!

Luckily he is saved and confined to his little bathtub for the rest of his life.

The art is dreadful, too.  The artist had a terrible time with faces.  The only redeemable thing about this book is that it's slightly better than Tootle.