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Title: The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge: (Restored Edition] by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, Lynd Ward ISBN: 0-15-204571-6 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: fond memories of the city I grew up in
Comment: As a child in The Bronx, we visited the Little Red Lighthouse and this story paints a great picture of progress and the way it affects our lives. We may not think we are in with the times but as the lighthouse finds out, there is a place for all of us and people for us to take care of. I first read this book when my son was in 1st grade and now I'm ordering it for his 34th birthday. We've both visited the lighthouse and of course crossed the Great Gray Bridge on our way from the city to the south where we live now.
Rating: 5
Summary: The most important story Captain Kangaroo ever read us
Comment: Bob Keeshan died yesterday and those of us trying to salve the ache of having a key pillar of our youth pass away having been thinking back on and talking about what made "Captain Kangaroo" the "Sesame Street" of its day. In addition to Mr. Greenjeans and Bunny Rabbit, there were the classic children's books that were read to us by the Captain. On a list of beloved books that includes "Make Way for Ducklings," "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel," and "Ping," there is also "The Little Red Lighthouse and Great Gray Bridge." So far everybody I have been talking to about Captain Kangaroo has remembered the book and every one of them has driven under the George Washington Bridge in New York City and seen the Little Red Lighthouse that stands watching over the Hudson River.
I think "The Little Red Lighthouse and the Gray Bridge," written by Hildegard Hoyt Swift and illustrated by Lynd Ward, is arguably the most significant of the books we first "read" on "Captain Kangaroo." I have two reasons for this. The first is the powerful metaphor for young children that something little can still be important in a world where some things are much bigger. The second is that the story is "true," in the very real sense that you can see the great gray bridge and see the little red lighthouse, which is never ever going to be torn down just because of this book. The idea that stories can be true is a very important idea for young readers to absorb. I would add the idea that just because something is bigger and newer it is not better, but that certainly would be showing my age, would it not?
Even though this book was originally published in 1942, I feel safe in saying that most of the children who have ever read "The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge" did so directly or indirectly because of Bob Keeshan. This is true even if they have never held a copy of the actual book in their own hands. I wonder if young kids today, who are just learning how to read, still have the opportunity to have stories read to them like we did on "Captain Kangaroo." It has been sixty years since this book was first published and tonight even with Captain Kangaroo gone, there is some comfort in knowing that the littel red lighthouse still proudly stands beneath the George Washington Bridge.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Childhood Favorite
Comment: This classic tale deals with feelings of insignificance and uselessness and has been a favorite of readers young and old for generations as it tells the story of a valuable lighthouse overshadowed by a great and new bridge and, ultimately, forgotten. This children's book inspired the reclamation and restoration of the abandoned and neglected Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse, which today is once again handsome and open for public tours. There are a number of Web sites specific to Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse and the construction of the Bridge for those interested in more information about either. Visiting these sites may serve as an effective way to introduce young readers to the computer and the Internet...
During my childhood, I passed by the Lighthouse coming and going to my grandmother's home in Brooklyn. The last time I saw it (as an adult), was several years ago through a telescope atop the World Trade Center.
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Title: They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson ISBN: 0670699497 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car by John Burningham ISBN: 069000799X Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.89 |
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Title: Three Names by Patricia MacLachlan, Alexander Pertzoff ISBN: 0064433609 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode ISBN: 0140548750 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully ISBN: 0698114434 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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