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As you read The Sea Chest, you might want to read other books about lighthouses written for kids.

LIGHTHOUSE BOOKS FOR KIDS

Nonfiction

Barchelor, John. North American Lighthouses Coloring Book. Mineola, New York: Dover, 1999. ISBN: 0486283127 [K-Grade 5]

Fleming, Candace. Women of the Lights. With illustrations by James Watling. Morton Grove, Illinois: Albert Whitman, 1995. ISBN: 0807591653 [Grades 3-8]

Gibbons, Gail. Beacons of Light: Lighthouses. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1990. ISBN: 0688073794 [K-Grade 5]

Guiberson, Brenda Z. Lighthouses: Watchers at Sea. New York: Henry Holt, 1995. ISBN: 0805031707 [Grades 4-8]

House, Katherine L. Lighthouses for Kids. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-1556527203 [Grades 4-8]

Jones, Dorothy Holder and Ruth Sexton Sargent. The Original Biography of Abbie Burgess, Lighthouse Heroine. 5th ed. Wells, Maine: Lighthouse Digest, 1996. ISBN: 0962988251 [Grades 4-8]

O'Hara, Megan. Lighthouse: Living in a Great Lakes Lighthouse, 1910 to 1939. Minnetonka, Minnesota: Capstone Press, 1998. ISBN: 1560657251 [Grades 2-6]

Roberts, Bruce. Lighthouses: The Life and History of America's Waterways
(8 vols.). Broomall, Pennsylvania: Chelsea House, 1999-2000. [Grades 4-8]
               New England Lighthouses, ISBN: 0791054888
               MidAtlantic Lighthouses, ISBN: 0791054896
               Southeastern Lighthouses, ISBN: 0791054837
               Gulf Coast Lighthouses, ISBN: 0791054845
               Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses, ISBN: 079105487X
               Western Great Lakes Lighthouses, ISBN: 0791054861
               California Lighthouses, ISBN: 0791054853
               Pacific Northwest Lighthouses, ISBN: 079105490X

Roop, Peter and Connie. Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 1985. ISBN: 0876144547 [K-Grade 2]

Tiger, Caroline. Start Exploring Lighthouses: A Fact-Filled Coloring Book. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2002. ISBN: 076241233X
[K-Grade 5]

Van Rynback, Iris. Safely to Shore: America’s Lighthouses. Watertown, Massachusetts: Charlesbridge, 2003. ISBN: 1570914346 [Grades 2-5]

Fiction: Novels

Chipman, Liz. From the Lighthouse. New York: Dutton, 2004. ISBN: 0525473122 [Grades 4-8]

Copeland, Cynthia L. Elin’s Island. Brookfield, Connecticut: Millbrook, 2003. ISBN: 0761325220 [Grades 5-8]

Fletcher, Susan. Walk Across the Sea. New York: Atheneum, 2001. ISBN: 0689841337 [Grades 4-8]

Hesse, Karen. A Light in the Storm. New York: Scholastic, 1999. ISBN: 0590567330 [Grades 4-8]

Karr, Kathleen. The Lighthouse Mermaid. New York: Hyperion, 1998. ISBN: 078682297X [Grades 1-4]

Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. Gifts from the Sea. New York: Knopf, 2003. ISBN: 0375822577 [Grades 4-6]

Pfitsch, Patricia Curtis. Keeper of the Light. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. ISBN: 0689814925 [Grades 4-8]

Rylant, Cynthia. The Lighthouse Family: The Storm. Illustrated by Preston McDaniels. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. ISBN: 0689848803 [Grades 1-4]

Sauer, Julia L. Light at Tern Rock. New York: Puffin, 1994. ISBN: 0140368574 [Grades 3-6]

Taylor, Theodore. The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor. San Diego: Harcourt, 2002. ISBN:0152165290 [Grades 3-5]

Walsh, Jill Paton. Grace. New York: Sunburst, 1991. ISBN: 0374427925 [Grades 5-8]

Woodruff, Elvira. The Ghost of Lizard Light. New York: Yearling Books; ISBN: 0440416558 [Grades 3-6]

Fiction: Picture Books

Briggs, Kelly Paul. Lighthouse Lullaby. Camden, ME: Down East Books, 2000. ISBN: 0892724862

Buzzeo, Toni. The Sea Chest. With illustrations by Mary GrandPré. New York: Dial, 2002. ISBN: 0803727038

Fearrington, Ann. Who Sees the Lighthouse? With illustrations by Giles Laroche. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. ISBN: 0399237038

Hopkinson, Deborah. Birdie's Lighthouse. With illustrations by Kimberly Bulcken Root. New York: Atheneum, 1997. ISBN: 0689810520

Perrow, Angeli. Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue. With illustrations by Emily Harris. Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 2000. ISBN: 0892724870

Perrow, Angeli. Sirius, the Dog Star. With illustrations by Emily Harris. Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 2002. ISBN: 0892725451

Stainton, Sue. The Lighthouse Cat. With illustrations by Anne Mortimer. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. ISBN: 0060096047

Swift, Hildegarde H. The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge. With illustrations by Lynd Ward. Facsimile edition. New York: Harcourt, 2002. ISBN: 0152045716

Vaughan, Marcia K. Abbie Against the Storm: The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse. With illustrations by Bill Farnsworth. Hillsboro, Oregon: Beyond Words, 1999. ISBN: 1582700079

Waterton, Betty. The Lighthouse Dog. With illustrations by Dean Griffiths. Custer, Washington: Orca Publishers, 2000. ISBN: 1551430754

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