She received her teaching credentials and graduated from the University of Michigan, she achieved great popularity thanks to a story starring a little locomotive, which became one of the best-selling children's books in the English language.
As of 2001, Tootle was the all-time third best-selling hardcover children's book in English, and Scuffy the Tugboat was the eighth all-time bestseller.
The last time I saw this book was when I was 7! I still remember it! I would pull it off of the shelf and immediately flip to the story with the Pegasus!
Let's just say I've read this book since I learned to read, right up until I was 12 years old ... and have just inherited it from our old family library ... so of course, I'm reading it again! Treasured Memories.