Mail By The Pail Author Colin Bergel’s story unfolds in the port city of Manistee on the coast of Lake Michigan. Mary's father is a sailor who works on a lake freighter called the Big Laker. The Big Laker delivers iron, stone, and coal to the many cities along the Great Lakes. Mary's father will not be home this year for his birthday and Mary wants to send him a card. Her father gets his mail by a pail. Illustrated by Mark Koenig. Hard cover, 32 pages. BKH10. $16.95
A Pocketful of Passages - By Loraine Campbell. Campbell's story is a fitting tribute to the true life story of Annie Bowen and the island and lighthouse on which she grew up and loved so well. It is a great read with the right amount of childlike description and adventure - sufficient to captivate preteens, but short enough to share with younger audiences. 78 pages, soft cover. BKS16 $13.95

Lighthouse Activity Book This book, by Elinor DeWirs, contains multidisciplinary activities for children ages 5-12 to help them learn about lighthouses. It is a consumable book containing puzzles, games, crafts, recipes, stories, poems, hobby ideas, math and science activities, and short biographies. It can be used individually by children and is an excellent tool for classroom use. Soft cover, 88 pages. BKS08. $13.00
The Mystery on the Great Lakes -  By Carol Marsh. Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa fly the Mystery Girl, and take the mystery boat MIMI, to all the Great Lakes, on a wild and watery adventurous mystery of shipwrecks, haunted lighthouses, and island intrigue. The great think about this unique book is that children will learn a great deal about the lakes while following the adventure. Soft Cover, 160 pages BK518 $7.99
Lighthouses for Kids - by Katherine L House - This is a great book for children whose interest in lighthouses is passing beyond the :look at the pretty lighthouse" phase. A comprehensive resource including a filed guide to US lighthouses, places to visit, a time line, glossary, web sites to explore, a reading list for further study, and 21 creative and fun activities. Soft cover, 118 pages BKS17 $14.95

Keep The Lights Burning Abbie Aimed at 1st to 3rd Grade children, Connie and Peter Geiger Roop’s book recalls the story of an 1856 storm off the coast of Maine. When her father, the lighthouse keeper, sails off for supplies, he leaves Abbie in charge of lighting the oil lamps in the twin towers. Abbie keeps the lamps burning, scraping ice from the windows so the lights can be seen at sea. Soft cover, 40 pages. BKS07. $5.95

Mystery at the Round Island Lighthouse Grades 6 - 9. In this book by Robert A Lytle, Pete and his friends on Michigan's Mackinac Island find themselves fascinated by the legends and rumors about an old lighthouse on nearby Round Island and about its former keeper, who may or may not still be a presence there. Intrigued, the four teens pack a lunch, borrow a dinghy, ride over, and explore-and then find their belongings scattered and a note telling them to go away. Soft cover. 176 pages. BKS12..$8.95

The Lighthouse Cat Grade 1-4–This beautifully illustrated tale is set in the past, when a lighthouse was lit with a 24-candle lantern and the keeper was responsible for trimming the wicks every half hour. Using descriptive language, Stainton tells how a lonely keeper discovers a stray cat on board the supply boat and decides to keep him. Mackerel proves to be the perfect companion for the man, helping him to watch for boats and providing company at night. Hard cover. 32 pages. BKH15. $15.99

Birdie's Lighthouse 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 sea goers. Birdie learns to clip the lamp wicks and polish the reflectors that light the way. "Papa ... isn't sure a girl can do it, but I know I can learn to keep the light. I won't let him down." Ages 4-8. Soft cover. 32 pages. BKS02. $6.99

Elizabeth Whitney Williams and the Little Traverse Light. Lizzy is a lighthearted, self sufficient young woman that lived in northern Michigan in the late 1800's with her little round dog Hap. This story is based upon the real life and adventures of Elizabeth Whitney Williams, a woman that resided in The Little Traverse Light- a red brick lighthouse that still sits on Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay. Hard cover. BKH04. $17.95

Foghorns Saved Lives Too by Vivian DeRusha Quantz. Vivian was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper when the Lighthouse Service was active. This book tells of her life as a child. It is a story of the beauty and dangers of Lake Superior, of freedom and adventure, sand dunes in summer and winter, lady slippers and arbutus, skipping rocks and finding agates, of hiking to places yet untouched by civilization. Soft cover. 77 pages. $8.00

Lighthouse Fireflies Join the young son of a lighthouse keeper as he realizes the true meaning of friendship and self-sacrifice through his little flickering friends, the lighthouse fireflies. This book will mesmerize every child and adult who loves fireflies, beaches, and lighthouses. The story captures the heart while bringing awareness of the importance of taking care of nature and our precious lighthouses. Ages 4 - 8. 32 pages. Hard cover. $17.95