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Beacons of Light: Lighthouses, 1990, by Gail Gibbons (available at the Alpena Library and other Michigan libraries)

Birdie’s Lighthouse, 2000, by Deborah Hopkinson  (available at various Michigan libraries)

B is for Beacon: A Great Lakes Lighthouse Alphabet, 2016, by Helen L. Wilbur (Author), Renée Graef (Illustrator)  (available at various Michigan libraries)

Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper, 2022, by Anna Crowley Redding   (available at various Michigan libraries)

Gracie the Lighthouse Cat, 2011, by Ruth Brown (available at the Alpena Library and other Michigan libraries)

Hello Lighthouse, 2018, by Sophie Blackall   (available at the Alpena Library and other Michigan libraries)

If I Were A Lighthouse: A Rhyme for Young Readers, 2017, by Richard Rensberry and Mary Rensberry

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, 1985, by Peter and Connie Roop   (available at various Michigan libraries)

The Lighthouse Keeper's Series (Collection 8 Books Set), 2016, Ronda Armitage (Author), David Armitage (Illustrator)

Miss Colfax’s Light, 2016, by Aimee Bissonette and Eileen Ryan Ewen (available at various Michigan libraries)

My Summer at the Lighthouse, 2003, by Frederick Stonehouse  (available at the Alpena Library and other Michigan libraries)

Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes, 2019, by Pamela Cameron   (available at the Alpena Library and other Michigan libraries)

Almost an Island, 2015, by Gerald Micketti

Grand Lake and Presque Isle (Postcard History Series), 2015, by Judith Kimball and John Porter

Grand Lake's Vintage Resorts: 1870s-1940s, 2016, by Janet Young

Historical Timeline Presque Isle & Aids to Navigation, 2005, by Judith Kimball 

A Place Called Presque Isle, 2015, by Janet Young

Presque Isle's Shipwreck Alley, 2020, by Janet Young

Tall Timber, Steel Rails, and Green Pastures, 2018, by Mark L. Thompson

Additional resources available at the Presque Isle District Library- Grand Lake

Enlightened: What is a Fresnel Lens? 

How Do Lighthouses Work?

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter and Connie Roop (Reading Rainbow)

The Story of Grace Darling 

Tower Tour - Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

The Incredible History of the Lighthouse

Lighthouse Crossword Puzzle

Lighthouse Crossword Puzzle Key

Lighthouse Word Search

Lighthouse Word Search Key

Download our pre-sized images to be used as backgrounds on your phone, desktop or next Zoom or Google Meet video call.

Phone

New Presque Isle Lighthouse

New Presque Isle Lighthouse  and Lilacs

Old Presque Isle Lighthouse 

Old Presque Isle Lighthouse in Winter

Desktop

1905 Keeper's House

Old Presque Isle Lighthouse 

Old Presque Isle Lighthouse 2

New Presque Isle Lighthouse

Zoom or Google Meet Video Backgrounds

1905 Keeper's House

Old Presque Isle Lighthouse 

New Presque Isle Lighthouse