Relates the real-life saga of Abbie Burgess, who single-handedly kept the lighthouse lamps lit during a four-week winter storm that lashed the coast of Maine in 1856.
In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.
On the eve of the 1860 presidential election, as war clouds gather and the South threatens to secede, eleven-year-old Grace decides to help Abraham Lincoln get elected by writing and advising him to grow a beard.
This book introduces the country of Japan, including the land, landmarks, homes, food, clothes, work, transportation, language, schools, sports, celebrations, and the arts.
Introduces animals that are a part of the ecosytem of the Pacific Northwest, discussing how they depend on one another and their environment for survival.
