However, people from all over the world still find lighthouses fascinating and mysterious. Here are our top 12 books about lighthouses that you should get your hands on. Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue – Pauline, the lighthouse keeper’s daughter, is proud of her pet spaniel because he is helpful and clever and a friend to all. But even Pauline does not realize just how brave and loyal Spot is until the night a terrible blizzard hits and a boat is missing out in the storm.

The book looks to highlight the political, military, and technological factors that went into the construction of American lighthouses. It looks at the timeline of these structures, from the era of colonial rule to that of a growing nation and eventually a global superpower. The contribution of these lighthouses is often ignored, but this book makes an excellent statement on how they shaped America. As lighthouses became more and more expensive to maintain and required a lot of money for repairs, engineers looked for cheaper and more long-term solutions. With time, lighthouses have become tourist attractions and are now a thing of the past, but they used to be. Almost none of them are still in use today, and most aren't open to the public.The book opens by focusing on the early civilizations and their dependence on crude and often rudimentary means of guiding vessels. It then passes on to the first lighthouses built and the marked transformation they created in maritime history.

These adorable wooden beach play accessories are ready to be added to any ocean or summer small world, felt playscape or sensory bin. Author, researcher, and winner of the 1999 Somerset Maugham award, Bella Bathurst chronicles the life and times of the Stevensons and their immense contribution to the lighthouse industry. Beginning with the founding of the Northern Lighthouse Trust in 1786 and the subsequent appointment of patriarch Robert Stevenson as the Chief Engineer, the book goes into the development of a unique style of construction developed by their family. They revolutionized the lights that topped these structures, working on more robust ways to ensure the beam never went out. These are some of the famous lighthouses that this book talks about: those at Shark Island (Sydney Harbour), Kribi (Gulf of Guinea), Rubjerg Knude, the Tower of Hercules (Spain), St. Anthony's Lighthouse (Cornwall), Whitefish Point Lighthouse (on Lake Superior), Jeffrey's Hook, and Whitefish Point Lighthouse (near the Hudson River). Interesting facts and features are covered in detailed sections. It also draws the reader’s attention to special lighthouses such as those at Barnegat Long Beach Island and the ancient Kopu watchtower of Estonia. Towards the end, author Nicholas Leach gradually draws the reader’s attention to navigation and how it changed with the advent of the modern lighthouse, particularly in and around the British Isles and Europe.Below, I’ve featured just a handful of lighthouse books that will help your kids understand more about these structures and their benefits to life along the shore.

Lighthouses make people feel a lot of different things. They are a lonely building that acts as a beacon of hope and help to ships and boats on a stormy night. For more than two millennia, they have played a big role in the world's seas.

Seashaken Houses By Tom Nancollas

Some of the famous lighthouses this book covers include those at Shark Island (Sydney Harbour), Kribi (Gulf of Guinea), Rubjerg Knude (Denmark), the Tower of Hercules (Spain), St. Anthony’s Lighthouse (Cornwall), Whitefish Point Lighthouse (on Lake Superior), and Jeffrey’s Hook (near the Hudson River). The book then progresses to the 20th century and the gradual decline in the number of people being employed to maintain lighthouses. It finally concludes with the early 1980s, when the last manned lighthouse was automated.