My Lighthouse, Ali Gilkeson
My Lighthouse, Ali Gilkeson
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My Lighthouse
A Story of Finding Your Way Home

Author: Ali Gilkeson

Narrator: Ali Gilkeson

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/18/2024


Synopsis

Join a reluctant young lighthouse keeper, his extremely round cat, and his trusty rowboat Rockshore in a whimsical and tender tale of finding adventure, losing your way, and learning to appreciate what you already have.

Fynn has always lived in a lighthouse—just like his father, and his father, and his father before him. His dad insists that living in a round house with a big lightbulb on top is special, but Fynn doesn't see how. All he knows is that it's weird—and often inconvenient.

Exasperated by trying to fit all his favorite things in a round house and tired of being so different from everyone else, Fynn runs away from his lighthouse, seeking adventure on the sea. But when the winds and waves rise and things get very, very dark, Fynn finds that the light he needs most is the one that he's known all his life. Inspired by Rend Collective’s hit song of the same name, this is a tale families will return to again and again.

About The Author

Ali Gilkeson is a performer, author, and speaker. She has traveled the world playing music and sharing stories with the band Rend Collective. She is a mother of three kids, raising them all on the road since six weeks of age. Ali grew up in Northern Ireland in a time of conflict and uncertainty, a childhood spent always looking over her shoulder but also learning to laugh in the middle of the chaos. Gifted as a communicator, she started traveling around Ireland as a speaker in her early twenties, taking any chance she could to encourage and embolden the young people she met. After meeting her now-husband, Gareth, and knowing she wanted to marry him just two minutes into the conversation, she joined Rend Collective and has been touring the world ever since.Lee Wildish has been interested in illustration and art from a young age. As soon as he left university he started as a graphic designer for an advertising agency before venturing into greeting cards, and then illustrating for children’s books. Nature and people are the biggest influence in his work and he tries to get as much character and expression as possible into each piece.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jasmine

Thank you PRHAUdio for the complimentary audiobook! Listened to this audiobook with my toddler at bedtime. A good story. This book, we followed Fynn. He doesn't like living in the lighthouse where all furnitures are round-shaped. He wants to live in a square house like everyone else. His dad told him......more

“My Lighthouse” is the cutest children’s book about Fynn’s generational home—a lighthouse, where his dad, grandfather, and great grandfather had lived when it was built. The thing is, Fynn didn’t like living in a lighthouse. He wanted to live in a normal house like all his friends. Soon he discovers......more

Goodreads review by Angela

Love, love this story! Sweet and funny. I was smiling right from the start. And the illustrations are fabulous! A story about discovering how special your different home is. It’s also about adventure and finding that guiding light when things get scary.......more