Lighthouse Mermaid - Softcover

Karr, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078681232X ISBN 13: 9780786812325

Verlag: Hyperion, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Although Kate loves to dream about being a mermaid, she puts her dreams aside when her father, the lighthouse keeper, leaves the lighthouse and puts Kate in charge of steering the boats to safety by keeping the lighthouse lit throughout the night. Simultaneous.

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Grade 3-4?Ten-year-old Kate and her family live in a lighthouse. Her mother, who is about to give birth, is busy with the younger children. Her father, the lighthouse keeper, has been training Kate to assist him. In her spare time, she likes to daydream about mermaids. She is sure that they never have to do chores or put up with little brothers or sisters. When her father must row to the mainland for supplies, he puts Kate in charge of the beacon. A storm comes up and the girl works hard to keep the light burning. During the night, a rowboat is washed ashore. In it, Kate finds what she calls her "mermaids," a human mother and baby who survive a shipwreck. This beginning chapter book has just enough suspense and character development to entice younger readers. Unfortunately, some of the technical information is quickly glossed over. As Kate performs her duties, children may wonder, for example, how the fog bell works or how the oil is piped into the light. Full-page, black-and-white pencil drawings appear throughout. Peter and Connie Roop's Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie (Carolrhoda, 1985) and Candace Fleming's Women of the Lights (Albert Whitman, 1995) are both about real female lighthouse keepers. The Lighthouse Mermaid is best suited for large collections.?Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hyperion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 078681232X
• ISBN 13: 9780786812325
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 64
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