Lighthouse: A Story of Remembrance

By Robert Munsch

Book Overview

A moving story of love and remembrance -- for anyone who has ever lost a loved one.

Young Sarah can't sleep following her grandpa's funeral, so she wakes up her dad in the middle of the night. He agrees to take her where Grandpa used to take him as a boy -- the lighthouse. On the way there, Sarah and her dad drink coffee and eat donuts -- just as Grandpa would have liked. When they climb to the top of the lighthouse, Sarah throws a flower out to sea in her grandpa's memory.

Inspired after a reading in Antigonish, when a little girl gave Robert Munsch a drawing of a lighthouse at night with a car driving up to it, Lighthouse is a tender story about honouring those who have passed and keeping their memory alive. Janet Wilson's detailed and dramatic illustrations add a warm and gentle touch to a sensitive topic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439946565
• ISBN13: 9780439946568
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Scholastic Canada
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

What a Beautiful Book!

A wonderful story of a father and daughter reliving memories of the grandfather, who often took the father to visit the lighthouse near their home in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Well-written, as is usual for Robert Munsch, and the illustrations are beautiful.

In the style of "Love You Forever"

Another classic Munsch book. Written in the style of "Love You Forever" If you don't like the sad endings you might want to stay away from this book. If your child is coping with the loss of a Grandparent I would definitely recommend this book. It gives a wonderful message of remembrance and tradition and the importance of what parents pass down to their children.