Kate's Light: Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse

by Elizabeth Spires

Book Overview

The heroic true story of one of the Eastern seaboard's first woman lighthouse keepers, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist.

Living in the isolated Robbins Reef Lighthouse, overlooking turn-of-the-century New York Harbor, Kate Walker spent her life minding the light, keeping passing ships from running aground on the dangerous shoals. Originally the assistant to her lighthouse keeper husband John Walker, after his death Kate convinced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823451275
• ISBN13: 9780823451272
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Margaret Ferguson Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.8" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 6 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3