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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The littlest lighthouse keeper to the rescue The littlest lighthouse keeper to the rescue Heidi Howarth Henry, a mouse who lives in a lighthouse, seeks help from a puffin and other animal friends to find the mother of a very hungry baby seal who was separated from her mother during a storm. OL11952246W
Women of the Lights Women of the Lights Candace Fleming Chronicles the lives of women who lived and worked in lighthouses, braving seas and storms, rescuing people from icy waters, and lovingly caring for their lights. OL14926228W
Listen to the dead Listen to the dead Randall S. Peffer Bones are found on Bird Island off Cape Cod by the harbormaster. Originally thought to be the remains of the original lighthouse keeper's wife but found to belong to a girl recently dead, they may st… OL16115468W
The lighthouse children The lighthouse children Syd Hoff When an old lighthouse keeper and his wife leave their seaside home, they find a way for their old friends, the seagulls, to find them. OL16491313W
Abbie against the storm Abbie against the storm Marcia K. Vaughan,Bill Farnsworth A fictionalized account of an incident in the life of a fourteen-year-old girl who tends her family's lighthouse during a fierce storm on the coast of Maine in the winter of 1856. OL16660908W
The light between oceans The light between oceans M. L. Stedman "A novel set on a remote Australian island, where a childless couple live quietly running a lighthouse, until a boat carrying a baby washes ashore" -- Publisher' information. OL17708594W
Pharos Pharos Alice Thompson A woman is washed onto the shore of a lighthouse with no memory. OL1952816W
The lighthouse The lighthouse Roca, Paco (Comic book artist) "Francisco, a wounded, despairing sixteen-year-old Republican guard in the Spanish Civil War, is trying to flee to freedom by crossing the French border. In his escape, he encounters an old remote li… OL20050146W
The lighthouse keeper's breakfast The lighthouse keeper's breakfast David Armitage,Ronda Armitage The Grinlings are the "very special guests" at the lighthouse's 200th birthday party. They dress up as pirates and prepare to have lots of swashbuckling fun. But when they take to the high seas, they… OL20865462W
The lighthouse keeper's lunch The lighthouse keeper's lunch David Armitage,Ronda Armitage Every day Mrs Grinling sends her husband, the lighthouse keeper, his lunch on a special wire between their house and the lighthouse ; but then the seagulls discover how tasty the lunch is. Suggested … OL20868585W
The lighthouse keeper's picnic The lighthouse keeper's picnic Ronda Armitage Mr Grinling enjoys eating most of all, but after an upsetting day at the village picnic Mrs Grinling decides it is time he went on a diet. Suggested level: preschool, junior. OL21178246W
A castle at the Straits A castle at the Straits Janie Lynn Panagopoulos 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… OL2184879W
Light on Fire Island Light on Fire Island Marlene Bateman In 1921 Celena Jackson fled Fire Island after her mother's tragic death and an unfulfilled promise to teach her younger brother Joshua the gospel which her embittered father Matthew, a lighthouse kee… OL23305656W
Lighthouse Lighthouse Tony Parker A record of the lives of lighthouse keepers and their wives. The author visited different types of lighthouses, and asked the light keepers to relate their lives there, as well as why they chose that… OL3236134W
Stray Lady Stray Lady Vanessa Grant Out of wrecked dreams grew hope One minute Georgina had been sailing single-handed down Canada's west coast, willing the salt breezes to show her how to go on living without her husband. The next … OL3788066W
Elin's island Elin's island Cynthia L. Copeland Thirteen-year-old Elin can't imagine living anywhere but the island off the coast of Maine where her father is lightkeeper, until the night in 1941 when she awakes to the sound of German torpedoes wh… OL5828026W
Tend the Light (Heartsong Presents #295) Tend the Light (Heartsong Presents #295) Susannah Hayden The Wells family has tended the lighthouse on a remote Lake Superior peninsula for fifty-four years. It is expected that nineteen-year-old Lacey will want to carry on the family tradition, but what o… OL6024682W
Captain January Captain January Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards Star Bright, a little girl orphaned in a shipwreck, keeps house on Light Island for the lighthouse keeper there, thus brightening his old age. OL8552750W