The Lighthouse Keeper's Breakfast

The Lighthouse Keeper

by Ronda Armitage, David Armitage

Mr and Mrs Grinling are throwing a fancy-dress party to celebrate the lighthouse's 200th birthday and everyone is invited. But when the Grinlings take to the high seas, they get more swashbuckling than they bargained for.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Family

Paperback

First published February 15, 2002

About the author

Ronda Armitage is the author of many children’s books, including the Lighthouse Keeper series.
She attended University of Auckland, 1963, 1969, and Massey University, 1965; Hamilton Teacher's College, certificate of teaching, 1963, diploma of teaching, 1969.
She lives in England with her husband, illustrator, David. They have two children.

Reviews

[Chloe Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

The lighthouse is 200 years old. Fancy dress to celebrate this (pirates). The lighthouse keeper and his wife get taken my pirates and they have to show they are real pirates. And it was their friends planning a pirate experience for them. Children could look at the parts of a boat.

[Iqra Fiaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really great story to read with children.

[Stacy Renee (LazyDayLit) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Children's Picture Books

Mr. and Mrs. Grinling throw a dress-up party for the lighthouse's 200th birthday!

Pirates included!


Read with my 8yo from the '1001 Children's Books to Read Before You Grow Up' list.

[Dana Al-Basha | دانة الباشا · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Mr. Grinling, he's such a sweet old man. Mrs. Grinling is rather sharp with him sometimes. The whole village holds a costume party because the lighthouse is 200 years old, the theme is pirates! It was a fun story.

[Isobel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book would be good for reading to a class of key stage two children it is full of adventure and fun.

The illustrations in the book are beautiful with colours blended together to create the ocean and bright colours to create the inside and outside world.