![]() Minahan’s Abigail’s Drum published by Pippin Press 64 pages review “During the War of 1812, when British soldiers threaten the town of Scituate, Massachusetts, young Rebecca Bates and her sister Abigail, daughters of the local lighthouse keeper, find a way to save both him and the town.” Ages 4-8. Iris Van Rynbach’s Safely to Shore: America’s Lighthouses published by Charlesbridge Publishing 32 pages review “What lighthouse was the first built in the United States and still has live-in keepers? Discover the answer to this and many more amazing facts about lighthouses around the U.S.” Ages 4-8.Carter’s Clipper published by Harper & Row review “During a terrible storm a lonely puppy lighthouse keeper has a visitor who turns out to be just the friend he is looking for.” 64 pages review “A little lighthouse on the Hudson River regains its pride when it finds out that it is still useful and has an important job to do.” Ages Baby-Preschool. Hildegarde Hoyt Swift’s The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge published by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.Kathleen Karr’s The Lighthouse Mermaidpublished by Hyperion Books for Children 57 pages review “Kate, who lives in a lighthouse and often dreams that she is a mermaid, has a chance to rescue two real mermaids one stormy night.” Ages 8-9.Anita Lobel’s One Lighthouse, One Moon published by Greenwillow Books 48 pages review “Presents the days of the week, the months of the year, and numbers from one to ten through the activities of a cat and people in and around a lighthouse.” Ages 4-8.Angeli Perrow’s Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue published by Down East Books 32 pages review “A fictionalized account of how Spot, a springer spaniel living on Penobscot Bay in the 1930’s, loves to ring the lighthouse bell, and uses that skill to guide the mailboat safely through a storm.” Ages Baby-Preschool. ![]() The Berenstain Bears and the Haunted Lighthousepublished by Random House 87 pages review “When the Berenstain bears vacation in an abandoned lighthouse, mysterious things start to happen.” Ages 4-8. Cynthia Rylant’s The Storm published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 79 pages review”Pandora the cat becomes a lighthouse keeper and saves the life of Seabold the dog, and together the two of them create a family with three young mice rescued from the sea.” Ages 4-8.Putnam 32 pages review “In this cumulative rhyme, lighthouses from around the United States are observed by one sailor, two pilots, three gulls, and more.” Ages 4-8. Ann Fearrington’s counting book Who Sees the Lighthouse? published by G.P.Munsch’s Lighthouse: A Story of Remembrance published by Cartwheel 32 pages review “After her grandfather’s funeral, Sarah wakes her father in the middle of the night so they can go to the lighthouse her grandfather loved and remember other night-time visits there.” Ages 4-8. Sue Stainton’s The Lighthouse Catpublished by HarperCollins Publishers review “When a fishing boat is caught in a storm, a lighthouse cat named Little Mackerel gathers other cats to try to help out.” ages 4-7.Peter and Connie Roop’s Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie published by Lerner Publishing Group 56 pages review “In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper’s return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.” Ages 4-8.Deborah Hopkinson’s Birdie’s Lighthouse published by Aladdin Paperbacks 32 pages review “The diary of a ten-year-old girl who moves with her family in 1855 from a town on the Maine coast to rugged Turtle Island where her father is to be the lighthouse keeper.” Ages 4-8.Ronda and David Armitage’s picture book The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch published by Scholastic Press 32 pages.Gail Gibbons’ Beacons of Light Lighthousespublished by William Morrow & Co Library 32 pages review “A survey of lighthouses and how they work in simple text and pictures.” Ages Baby-Preschool.Arielle North Olson’s Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughterpublished by Mystic Seaport 32 pages review “While Father is away for weeks, Miranda has to keep the lamps burning in the lighthouse.” Ages 4-8. ![]()
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