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Birdie's Lighthouse
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5 out of 5
Based on 5 Ratings and 5 Reviews

Book Description
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. The family will move to the cold, rocky island whose light guards the lives of seagoers.

Birdie learns to clip the lamp wicks and polish... More

Book Information
PublisherAladdin Paperbacks
BindingPaperback (10 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-100689835299
ISBN-13978-0689835292
Publication Date06/01/2000
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About Deborah Hopkinson (Author) : I work full time but I am also a children's author, hoping someday to be able to be a full time writer!
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About Kimberly Bulcken Root (Illustrator) : Kimberly Bulcken Root is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Kimberly Bulcken Root include The Wee Christmas Cabin, Dadblamed Union Army Cow, Th... more
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