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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Toddlers
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
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Toddlers
Description
"Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper."--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers-and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking. Selena Lucy Landry (named for a ship, as every sailor's child should be) has been frightened of the water ever since she lost her father at sea. But with no one else to care for her, she's sent to foster with the Martins--a large...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Every night Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter lights the lantern which warns the ships away from the rocks, but when the light goes out one night, a ship is wrecked and Lampie is sent to the Admiral's Black House in disgrace--there she finds and befriends the Admiral's son, who was born with a tail, and together they are pulled into an adventure of mermen and pirates, and secret identities long concealed but soon to be revealed.
Author
Publisher
Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random Canada Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"This is a story of a life-changing friendship, a lost puffin, and a lonely artist. It's the story of an entire lifetime, and how one event can change a life forever. From masterful storyteller, Michael Morpurgo, and world-class illustrator, Benji Davies, comes a magical new story. This truly beautiful tale will enchant readers of all ages. As a child, Allen is saved from a nautical disaster by Benjamin Postlethwaite, a solitary lighthouse keeper....
Author
Publisher
Mackinac Island State Park Commission
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
At Michigan's Straits of Mackinac, eight-year-old Charles quickly learns the importance of the "Castle at the Straits" and the work he will help his uncles, the "wicki," or lighthouse keeper, and his assistant, do there.
Author
Publisher
Bambú Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Una noche de tormenta, un barco choca contra las rocas. Las velas se rompen; los mástiles quedan maltrechos. Cuando los pasajeros han perdido toda esperanza de recibir ayuda, ven que un bote se acerca en la oscuridad: un hombre sortea las olas y rema, acercándose a ellos. El recuerdo de aquella noche marcará para siempre a Allen. Esta es la historia de una amistad que cambia una vida, un frailecillo perdido, un niño y un artista solitario; un...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It was Benjamin Postlethwaite's job all his long life to make sure the light shone brightly high up in the lighthouse on Puffin Island. Not once in all his years as the lighthouse keeper had he ever let his light go out. But sometimes even the brightest light on a lighthouse cannot save a ship. A story of a life-changing friendship, a lost puffin, and a lonely artist. It's the story of an entire lifetime, and how one event can change a life forever....
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