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Buzzeo, Toni

Lighthouse Christmas

32 pp. | Dial | October, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3053-3 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. Frances and her brother worry Santa won't find them on their isolated island home (their father is the lighthouse keeper). When Dad, venturing out into a nor'easter, needs Frances's help to keep the lighthouse lit, she begins to accept her situation. Homey, old-fashioned illustrations, in the cool colors of a wintry island, are appropriately weathered and windblown in this feel-good holiday story.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2011