Author: Peter Roop, Connie Roop
Narrator: Rick Adamson
Unabridged: 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Live Oak Media
Published: 10/30/1989
Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories
Peter Roop graduated from Lawrence University to become an elementary-school teacher. It was in his early teaching days that Roop first decided to try writing for children, and Roop persevered, writing and publishing his first short stories and articles while teaching in England. In 1980 he got his Master's degree in children's literature from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College in Boston, where he studied with Newbery Medalist Scott O'Dell.
Wow, this one takes me back. I remember "watching" this book on Reading Rainbow as a child. Even reading it now, I can still "hear" the seafaring music that played in the background. I had no idea it took place in Maine (my home state), though I guess it shouldn't surprise me. It's a story of a girl......more
A favorite tale of a courageous 16 year old. This is a chapter book for early readers. Highly recommended.......more
I remember this book from the classic series that we always watched in class! It was Booktube for the 90's. I'm not really sure why this book always stuck out in my mind as it's just a story about a girl watching (and of course) keeping a light house burning sometime in the 19th century. I always......more