Hello Lighthouse

The new lighthouse keeper lives a solitary life tending the light, keeping his logbook, and watching the ocean to ensure sailors are safe until a supply ship arrives with food, oil, and his wife. Together they tend the light, rescue sailors, and raise their daughter in the lighthouse until an automated light replaces them and they move across the bay where they can see their beloved lighthouse. This captivating Caldecott Medal-winning picture book is suited as a read-aloud to promote discussion of Canada’s coastal geography, reliance upon the ocean for food and transportation, the power of the ocean, isolation and companionship, and continuity and change, and can spark inquiry and creative writing projects.