TY  - BOOK
AU  - Floca, Brian.
TI  - Lightship
SN  - 978-1-416-92436-4
U1  - 823 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon and Schuster
KW  - Children's stories
KW  - English Literature
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Picture Book
KW  - Stories
KW  - A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
KW  - Winner of the 2007 Cybil Award for Best Nonfiction Picture Book
KW  - An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book
N2  - Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
Floca creates both suspense and poetry in this tribute to the anchored lightships that once warned ships away from hazards on the North American coast. Beginning with, “Here is a ship that holds her place,” he introduces viewers to a crew of nine, plus a cat, then shows that crew performing routine tasks both topside and down below as they wait, but for what? When the weather worsens, that question is answered; on come the bright lamp and the deafening foghorn: “Then other ships sail safely,/because the lightship marks the way/through fog and night,/past rocks and shoals,/past reefs and wrecks,/past danger.” Using the Ambrose, a New York museum ship, as his model, the author presents an array of cutaways, views from above, glimpses of the engine room, john and kitchen, as well as showing the steadfast vessel floating on glassy seas and tossed by waves. Together, the pictures and the brief, measured text lend these utilitarian, no-longer-active vessels a heroic aspect that will resonate with all young fans of ships and the sea
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