The Lighthouse Children (I Can Read Books) [Hardcover]

Syd Hoff (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Demco Media (May 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606095551
• ISBN-13: 978-0606095556
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,850,450 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Syd Hoff is a much-loved and much-read author and illustrator of numerous books for children. Born and raised in New York City, he studied at the National Academy of Design and sold his first cartoon to The New Yorker when he was eighteen. Since then his cartoons have become a regular feature in many magazines and newspapers. Syd Hoff and his wife live in Miami Beach, Florida.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant Easy Reader, November 11, 2008

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Ruth R. King "Bookish Ruth" (Spring City, PA , USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lighthouse Children (I Can Read Book 1) (Paperback)

Sam and Rose live in a lighthouse by the sea. Although the elderly couple has no children, they're incredibly devoted to the 100 sea gulls that fly to the lighthouse each day. They feed the gulls and watch out for them as the birds play in the ocean. Every night the sea gulls fly away, but they faithfully return the next morning to see Sam and Rose.

When a terrible storm completely destroys the lighthouse, Sam and Rose move inland. They enjoy their new home and new neighbors, but miss their beloved sea gulls. Rose devises a plan to lead the gulls to their new home. Ultimately, they are joyously reunited with their "lighthouse children".

It may be puzzling to an older reader why the couple, who have just lost everything, would leave what little they do have left (their "children", as they lovingly refer to the sea gulls). While the art is bright and engaging, the lighthouse looks more like a baby's bottle than a lighthouse beacon. However, the sweet story, colorful art and rhyming names of the sea gulls ("Hank, Frank, Molly, and Dolly!") in this easy reader will be very inviting to young children.

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank You Syd Hoff, January 28, 2012

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Lewis Eric Weil, Jr. "Persop" (AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lighthouse Children (I Can Read Book 1) (Paperback)

Syd Hoff stories are always good. Both artwork and story are more symbolic than like an exact replica.You know there are people although they do not look like people. Lighthouses had many shapes. The lighthouse is unmistakeable because of location and background. No young child is going to analyze the pictures as to their accuracy If they have seen or read other Syd Hoff the artwork may tell them the illustrator, author. Seagulls don't love human beings and could not possibly know a beacon at night from a house far in land is their former feeder's. The story is a nice image of substitution, suffering a loss and an attempt to rectify it. It is a story to be enjoyed by early readers and possibly a lesson in kindness and problem solving. A nice concept for all age readers.