Bringing to life an era when rivers, lakes, and oceans were the nation’s highways and lighthouses served as traffic signals and maps, this comprehensive reference provides children with an in-depth history of lighthouses and firsthand stories of the challenges faced by lighthouse keepers. Filled with engaging activities such as learning how to tie a bowline knot and building a model lighthouse, this unique book also includes a field guide to U.S. lighthouses, places to visit, a time line, glossary, websites to explore, and a reading list for further study.
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Grade 4–8—This book is noteworthy for the way in which the activities are related to the information in the text. The opening stories about keepers' kids will engage readers. Details of personal experiences, such as a "flying Santa," women keepers, and life aboard a lightship, appear in boxed insets. While making a lighthouse cake or a sponge painting is more fun than scientific, other projects demonstrate the science behind these structures. Readers learn about the challenges of building them, inventions to make them more reliable, and how lighthouses function as historical relics today. The numerous black-and-white reproductions and photos are informational but often poorly reproduced.—Janet S. Thompson, Chicago Public Library
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"Through vivid story-telling and pictures on each page, the history of lighthouses comes alive." —Curious Parents magazine
"Fascinating." —createreaders.natlib.govt.nz
"Fun for your whole family." —Newport Life
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Katherine worked for over two years to amass this "all you want to know" information on lighthouses and then wrote it in enjoyable and understandable English. Parents & teachers can also learn a lot from this book. It makes a great gift!
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My granddaughter needed a project book for lighthouses and I searched Amazon.com and found this one designed for the needs of the project.
It is helping her right now-very much-thank you. ACL.
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great book lot of great information and activities. My grandson is really enjoing it
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lighthouse service, lighthouse system, screw pile lighthouse, fog signal building, sand hogs, many lighthouses, spruce wood Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coast Guard Historian's Office, United States, Chesapeake Bay, New York, North Carolina, You'll Need, Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, Flying Santa, New Jersey, Boston Harbor, New England, Old Point Loma Lighthouse, George Reef Lighthouse, Split Rock Lighthouse, Little Red, Betty Byrnes, West Coast, Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse, San Francisco, Harold Jennings, Libby Island, Alcatraz Island, Glenn Furst, Eddystone Lighthouse, Philmore Wass Browse Sample Pages:
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lighthouse service, lighthouse system, screw pile lighthouse, fog signal building, sand hogs, many lighthouses, spruce wood Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coast Guard Historian's Office, United States, Chesapeake Bay, New York, North Carolina, You'll Need, Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, Flying Santa, New Jersey, Boston Harbor, New England, Old Point Loma Lighthouse, George Reef Lighthouse, Split Rock Lighthouse, Little Red, Betty Byrnes, West Coast, Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse, San Francisco, Harold Jennings, Libby Island, Alcatraz Island, Glenn Furst, Eddystone Lighthouse, Philmore Wass Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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