“For God so loved the world, He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not die, but have eternal life. In fact, you are worth so much that He sent his son to let you know how much. So don’t be afraid you are worth more than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:29-31 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
But God knows where we are, He hasn’t forgotten us, and He cares. Sometimes people can feel too small and too insignificant like the Little Red Lighthouse. Visitors can climb the stairs to the top of the tower where the lantern room is again fitted with a working lens that blinks proudly at cargo barges and passenger ships sailing under the George Washington Bridge. The Littlest Lighthouse Keeper to the Rescue (Storytime) Hardcover Jby Heidi Howarth (Author) 3 ratings Hardcover 22.09 1 Used from 22.09 Paperback 9.88 16 Used from 2.49 1 New from 9.88 The Storytime range of picture storybooks introduces young children to the thrills of sharing and reading stories. The Little Red Lighthouse is now Manhattan’s only remaining lighthouse and an important feature of George Washington Park at the foot of the bridge. Thanks to their efforts, ownership of the lighthouse was transferred from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. But when in 1951, plans for its demolition were announced, thousands of the book’s fans started a national campaign to save the lighthouse. It was too small, too unimportant and soon forgotten.Įxcept for a children’s book written in 1942 called The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Gray Bridge, the lighthouse would have disappeared into history. No longer did the lighthouse serve a purpose. No longer did a keeper come to light the beam of the lighthouse. The lights on the bridge dwarfed the lighthouse light, so in 1947, the lighthouse was decommissioned and abandoned.
In 1931, the huge George Washington Bridge loomed over the little lighthouse. But one day, men and equipment arrived and began to build a bridge nearby. It beamed its light out over the narrow channel between New York and New Jersey, warning traffic on the busy waterway of the dangers hidden below the water’s surface.įor years, the lighthouse did its important job protecting the vessels that passed. Children will ponder with delight, the oversized, colorful, full-page, dramatic illustrations of mouse Henry, the littlest lighthouse keeper, drawn much larger. Brand new The Littlest Lighthouse Keeper, Paperback, 24 Pages A Great Childrens Story-time Book Henry loves living by the sea and helping to look after. The little red lighthouse wasn’t very big, at only forty feet high, but it was big enough for the location. Jeffrey’s Hook was a rocky point of land that jutted out into the river near the city of New York and had long needed its own lighthouse. Built in 1880, it had been moved to the site when it was no longer needed in its former location in New Jersey. People who viewed this item also viewed The Littlest Lighthouse Keeper (Storytime) by Heidi Howarth Hardback Book The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch by Armitage. The little red lighthouse settled into its new home on Jeffrey’s Hook in the Hudson River.
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