Kate's Light
Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse
Illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, Kate's Light shares the exciting true story of Katherine Walker and her long, heroic career as one of the first woman lighthouse keepers on the Eastern Seaboard.When Kate Kaird immigrated with her young son Jacob from Germany to America in 1882, she couldn't have predicted the surprising turn her life would take. She soon met and married John Walker, keeper of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse. They moved to Robbins Reef Lighthouse in New York Harbor in 1885 and she became assistant keeper.At first Kate wondered if she could live in such a lonely place, but she gradually grew to love life at Robbins Reef. When her…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: McCully, Emily Arnold
- ISBN: 978-0-8234-4348-2
- EAN: 9780823443482
- Produktnummer: 33799856
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 40 S.
- Sonstiges: Ab 6 - 8 J.
Über den Autor
Elizabeth Spires is a poet and has written several books for children, including The Mouse of Amherst. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, where she teaches at Goucher College.Emily Arnold McCully has illustrated many books for children including Mirette on the High Wire which received a Caldecott Medal. She lives in Old Chatham, New York.
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