The Lighthouse Keeper Adventures

Do you dream of living by a lighthouse? Find out what it’s really like in two funny seaside stories to read alone. Meet Mr Grinling: a lucky man who has the amazing job of looking after a big, important lighthouse. That means polishing the light, rescuing stuck cats – and trying to calm down angry lighthouse inspectors! These classic stories have great pictures full of cool details to spot. The perfect read if you’d like to run your very own lighthouse one day.

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    Ronda Armitage

    Born in New Zealand, Ronda moved to the UK with husband David Armitage and their two young children in 1974, and has remained here ever since, working as school librarian, teacher, family counsellor and author.

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    Ronda received the Esther Glenn award for The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch in 1978 and the Coventry Inspiration Book Award for A Very Strange Creature in 2013.

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    David Armitage

    David Armitage was raised in Australia and studied fine art before embarking on a career which has seen his paintings exhibited throughout New Zealand, Australia and the US. He now paints and exhibits from a studio at home and is regularly exhibited throughout the UK.

    Awards

    The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch won the 1987 Esther Glen Award.

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