Florida Lighthouses for Kids [Paperback]

Elinor De Wire (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Why are some lighthouses tall and others short?
Who invented the best lighthouse lens?
What do the colors mean on lighthouses?
How can a lighthouse float on the sea?
Which Florida lighthouse is sometimes is mistaken for a rocket?
Why did Seminoles set fire to Cape Florida Lighthouse?
What two Florida lighthouses appear on postage stamps?
Why did a cat parachute off St. Augustine Lighthouse?
Which Florida lighthouse wears colorful holiday lights?
Where do Florida’s skeleton lighthouses and spider lighthouses stand?
Why did the Coast Guard name a ship in honor of a Florida lightkeeper?
When is Florida Lighthouse Day celebrated?
How do Florida lighthouses run automatically?

Florida Lighthouses for Kids answers these questions and more. A lively text, rich in pictures, details the history and lore of Florida’s thirty-three lighthouses. From old Amelia Island Light to tall Ponce de Leon Inlet Light, from the battered sentinel at Key West to the sturdy brick tower at Pensacola, their stories unfold. Learn about the people who designed and built them. Meet some of the keepers who braved storms and suffered loneliness while tending their beacons. See how lighthouses operate and find out what new roles they have today as museums.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Elinor De Wire has been researching and writing about lighthouses for more than thirty years. She is the author of many articles and books about lighthouses, including the Guide to Florida Lighthouses, Lighthouses of the South, Guardians of the Lights, and the Sentinels of the American Coast. Her popular Lighthouse Activity Book and Lighthouse Almanac grew out of a unit on lighthouses she developed and taught to fifth graders. Now retired from teaching, Ms. De Wire writes and lectures full-time and creates "Kids on the Beam," a bi-monthly column for Lighthouse Digest. She lives in Washington with her husband and her cat, Lighthouse Kitty.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 57 pages
• Publisher: Pineapple Press (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561643238
• ISBN-13: 978-1561643233
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,963,032 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #98 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Travel

More About the Author

Elinor DeWire has been researching, photographing, and writing about lighthouses since 1972. She has visited more than eight hundred sentinels in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and Australia and is the author of fifteen books and more than 250 articles on the subject. Former Coast Guard historian, Dr. Robert Scheina, calls her "America's most prolific lighthouse author and a driving force behind the recent upsurge in interest in preserving lighthouses and the history and nostalgia surrounding them." DeWire has been honored for her work by the U.S. Lighthouse Society, the American Lighthouse Foundation, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the National League of American Pen Women. Two of her books have won the coveted Ben Franklin Award and the Coast Guard Book Award. DeWire also has written three books on amateur astronomy. She lives in the Puget Sound area of Washington and teaches at Olympic College.

Lighthouse Books by Elinor DeWire:

Guide to Florida Lighthouses
Guardians of the Lights: Stories of U.S. Lighthouse Keepers
The Lighthouse Keeper's Scrapbook
The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses
Lighthouses: Sentinels of the American Coast
Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic
Lighthouses of the South
Lighthouse Victuals & Verse
The Lighthouse Almanac
Sentries along the Shore
Field Guide to the Lighthouses of the New England Coast
The Lighthouses of Greece
The Lighthouse Activity Book for Kids
Florida Lighthouses for Kids
The DeWire Guide to Lighthouses of California, Oregon, & Washington

Astronomy/Sky Books:

Activities for Young Astronomers
Reach for the Sky
The Florida Night

Author Website:

www.ElinorDeWire.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars A profusely illustrated introduction to the lighthouses of Florida, August 11, 2005

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This review is from: Florida Lighthouses for Kids (Paperback)

Florida Lighthouses For Kids is a profusely illustrated introduction to the lighthouses of Florida in a form and format that is ideal for young readers. The informed and informative text details the history and lore of Florida's thirty-three lighthouses. Fascinating facts pepper the engaging presentations as children will learn how lighthouses operate and how their original roles (so vital to the safety of ships at sea) gradually evolved into today's maritime museums. Highly recommended and thoroughly fun reading!