Author: Connie Roop
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 0822589028
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Relates the real-life saga of Abbie Burgess, who single-handedly kept the lighthouse lamps lit during a four-week winter storm that lashed the coast of Maine in 1856.
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Author: Connie Roop
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 0822589028
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Relates the real-life saga of Abbie Burgess, who single-handedly kept the lighthouse lamps lit during a four-week winter storm that lashed the coast of Maine in 1856.
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 0822589028
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Relates the real-life saga of Abbie Burgess, who single-handedly kept the lighthouse lamps lit during a four-week winter storm that lashed the coast of Maine in 1856.
Abbie Against the Storm
Author: Marcia Vaughan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1582708967
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The dramatic true story of a young heroine who operated a lighthouse during a terrible winter storm in her father's absence, saving countless lives out at sea. When seventeen-year-old Abbie Burgess and her family move to Maine where her father will be caring for a lighthouse, she is immediately fascinated by the lights. Abbie becomes her father's assistant, and when he is forced to make an emergency trip to the mainland, Abbie alone knows how to keep the lighthouse tower lit. Soon after he leaves, a massive storm arises, surging over the island and flooding their house. Will Abbie be able to care for her sick mother and younger sisters and make sure that the lighthouse guides ships safely through the treacherous waters? This fictionalized account of a young girl's triumph over a savage storm as well as her own fears, is based on an actual incident that took place in the winter of 1856. Gorgeously illustrated with powerful oil paintings, young Abbie will inspire readers to face all storms as bravely.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1582708967
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The dramatic true story of a young heroine who operated a lighthouse during a terrible winter storm in her father's absence, saving countless lives out at sea. When seventeen-year-old Abbie Burgess and her family move to Maine where her father will be caring for a lighthouse, she is immediately fascinated by the lights. Abbie becomes her father's assistant, and when he is forced to make an emergency trip to the mainland, Abbie alone knows how to keep the lighthouse tower lit. Soon after he leaves, a massive storm arises, surging over the island and flooding their house. Will Abbie be able to care for her sick mother and younger sisters and make sure that the lighthouse guides ships safely through the treacherous waters? This fictionalized account of a young girl's triumph over a savage storm as well as her own fears, is based on an actual incident that took place in the winter of 1856. Gorgeously illustrated with powerful oil paintings, young Abbie will inspire readers to face all storms as bravely.
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Author: Peter Roop
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 1430130237
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
"This quality production will allow early primary readers to enjoy the story while confirming their own reading ability."- School Library Journal
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 1430130237
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
"This quality production will allow early primary readers to enjoy the story while confirming their own reading ability."- School Library Journal
A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse
Author: Theresa Levitt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039306879X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Describes the life of the man who invented a new lighthouse lens, capable of shining brighter, farther, and more efficiently than existing light sources, and his fight against the scientific elite, his poor health, and the limits of his era's technology.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039306879X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Describes the life of the man who invented a new lighthouse lens, capable of shining brighter, farther, and more efficiently than existing light sources, and his fight against the scientific elite, his poor health, and the limits of his era's technology.
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
Author: Margaret K. Wetterer
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1512418617
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Kate stared at the rickety wooden bridge. There were boards loose on its narrow walkway. There was no railing to hold on to. She was afraid to cross this bridge even in daylight. But she had to cross it now. She had to get to the train station in time to stop the midnight express. When a heavy storm destroyed the bridge over Honey Creek, near Kate Shelley's home in Moingona, Iowa, fifteen-year-old Kate bravely rushed out into the storm, saving the lives of two men and preventing hundreds of other lives from being lost. This is the true story of a young girl's resourcefulness and courage in the face of great danger.
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1512418617
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Kate stared at the rickety wooden bridge. There were boards loose on its narrow walkway. There was no railing to hold on to. She was afraid to cross this bridge even in daylight. But she had to cross it now. She had to get to the train station in time to stop the midnight express. When a heavy storm destroyed the bridge over Honey Creek, near Kate Shelley's home in Moingona, Iowa, fifteen-year-old Kate bravely rushed out into the storm, saving the lives of two men and preventing hundreds of other lives from being lost. This is the true story of a young girl's resourcefulness and courage in the face of great danger.
Down East in the Ocean
Author: Peter Roop
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 0892729295
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
This clever counting book from the award-winning authors of Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, combines rhyme with a fun exploration of Maine sea life. Children will be singing it to themselves and asking for it to be read to them again and again.
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 0892729295
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
This clever counting book from the award-winning authors of Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, combines rhyme with a fun exploration of Maine sea life. Children will be singing it to themselves and asking for it to be read to them again and again.
The Original Biography of Abbie Burgess Lighthouse Heroine
Author: Ruth Sexton Sargent
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962988257
Category : Lighthouses
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Abbie Burgess was only fourteen when she first stepped upon Matinicus Rock, off the coast of Maine. But she was no ordinary girl, as her life there proved. When her father was forced to sail to the mainland for desperately needed supplies, she tended the two light towers alone, as well as her family. During those harrowing weeks she battle record storms and starvation. Accounts of her bravery made her a legend among New England seafarers. From Publishers description.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962988257
Category : Lighthouses
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Abbie Burgess was only fourteen when she first stepped upon Matinicus Rock, off the coast of Maine. But she was no ordinary girl, as her life there proved. When her father was forced to sail to the mainland for desperately needed supplies, she tended the two light towers alone, as well as her family. During those harrowing weeks she battle record storms and starvation. Accounts of her bravery made her a legend among New England seafarers. From Publishers description.
Boo's Dinosaur
Author: Betsy Byars
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250105323
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
An early chapter book from Newbery Medal winner Betsy Byars When Boo brings home a dinosaur that only she can see, her brother Sammy, doesn't want to encourage her antics. Boo and her dinosaur are inseparable until Boo says good-bye to the dino quite suddenly. When Sammy sees how sad his sister is, he understands Boo's need for her dinosaur more than he wants to admit. So much so that he almost believes it . . . almost. Betsy Byars has written many chapter books, including Little Horse and Little Horse on His Own. Her language, perfectly tailored to beginning readers, combines with Erik Brooks's charming illustrations to make a delightful book for children who are just starting to read. Boo's Dinosaur is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250105323
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
An early chapter book from Newbery Medal winner Betsy Byars When Boo brings home a dinosaur that only she can see, her brother Sammy, doesn't want to encourage her antics. Boo and her dinosaur are inseparable until Boo says good-bye to the dino quite suddenly. When Sammy sees how sad his sister is, he understands Boo's need for her dinosaur more than he wants to admit. So much so that he almost believes it . . . almost. Betsy Byars has written many chapter books, including Little Horse and Little Horse on His Own. Her language, perfectly tailored to beginning readers, combines with Erik Brooks's charming illustrations to make a delightful book for children who are just starting to read. Boo's Dinosaur is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Author: Peter Roop
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780606123853
Category : Lighthouse keepers.
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780606123853
Category : Lighthouse keepers.
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.
Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express
Author: Marlene Targ Brill
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9781575055879
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Relates how, in 1861, a boy named Charlie Miller became the youngest rider for the Pony Express, a mail service that linked the east and west coasts of the United States.
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9781575055879
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Relates how, in 1861, a boy named Charlie Miller became the youngest rider for the Pony Express, a mail service that linked the east and west coasts of the United States.