Light Houses Galore

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"Play with me," the voice cried. From day one Joey doesn't like the lighthouse. There's something creepy about it. But now that Dawson has persuaded Jen, Pacey, and Joey to volunteer as summer interns at the local Oceanographic Institute, Joey's been assigned the role of tour guide at the abandoned, forbidding structure...

Profusely illustrated fact-filled survey of American lighthouses since 1716. Includes over 200 stations — East, Gulf, and West coasts, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Mississippi and St...

Lighting up readers' hearts and imaginations since it was first published in 1942.

Escape into these spectacular color photographs of more than 50 of the world's most beautiful lighthouses. They hail from North American shores such as the Outer Banks, Nova Scotia, Bermuda, and the California and Oregon coasts, as well as throughout the Mediterranean, the North Sea, the South Pacific, Asian waters, and the Caribbean...

Features 47 lighthouses, dozens of stories, and more than 300 recipes from eight coastal regions of the United States You are invited on a culinary journey across America to visit some of our country's most beautiful and historic lighthouses...

Author Deborah Hopkinson drew from 19th-century lighthouse keepers' diaries to inform this story of Birdie [Bertha] Holland, who, as we meet her on her 10th birthday, learns that her sailor father has been named keeper of Maine's Turtle Island lighthouse...

Praise for the previous edition (The Keeper of Lime Rock) “Filled with fascinating stories of Lewis’s rescues, [this] book . . . will appeal to readers who enjoy a good sea story as well as those who simply want to read about an unusual and brave woman...

This author knows her Carolina lighthouses (see Lighthouses of the Carolinas) and now she introduces them to kids in a very engaging way. Art by Michael Swing makes it all the more appealing.

This stunningly illustrated handbook profiles dozens of lighthouses along the coast of California, which is one of the most lighthouse-rich states in the country. It offers not only history and travel information but also a beautiful full-color souvenir of the state...