Lighthouse Mouse - by Gideon Sterer (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A pitch-perfect and exquisitely illustrated storybook with all the earmarks of a classic explores the transformative friendship between a salty lighthouse keeper and a heroic mouse.

A bighearted and masterfully illustrated maritime adventure from a New York Times bestselling author evokes the magic of earning a place in another's heart--and finding friendship, home, and purpose against the odds. Miles off a rugged coast, in the middle of nothing and nowhere, stands a lighthouse, a beacon for boats. Inside lives a solitary keeper, a hero to sailors . . . and to the little mouse who lives in the lighthouse, too, and believes they can be friends and helpmates. Every day, the mouse shadows his role model, waiting to prove himself. But the keeper sees only a pest--until one dark day when the winds shift and monstrous clouds roll in. Poignant and alive with dramatic sea-swept landscapes at world's end, this homage to the power of hope, to the joys of true companionship, and to pluck and determination as the antidote to loneliness and longing will charm and reassure readers of all ages, especially those who love stories about human and animal alliances.

Review Quotes

Sterer taps into a sense of yearning on the part of the tiny mammal. . . . Groenink's vision of the mouse . . . will win readers' hearts from its first appearance. . . . Readers will root for this odd couple to find their happy ending (even if it takes a near drowning to get there). A celebration of a hard-won friendship capable of overcoming both preconceptions and nibbled pastries.
--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Gideon Sterer is a New York Times bestselling author whose books include The Snowmansion, illustrated by Stella Lim; The Midnight Fair, illustrated by Mariachiara Di Giorgio; The Christmas Owl, cowritten with Ellen Kalish and illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki; I Will Read to You: A Story About Books, Bedtime, and Monsters, illustrated by Charles Santoso; and Treehouse Town, illustrated by Charlie Mylie. Gideon Sterer lives in New York's Hudson Valley.

Chuck Groenink is the illustrator of many books for children, including Mum, Me, and the Mulberry Tree; Grandpa Is Here!; and The Night of the Hedgehog, all by Tanya Rosie. His other books include You Rescued Me by Louise Fitzgerald, Hungry Jim by Laurel Snyder, 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and "The Red Wheelbarrow" by Lisa Rogers, and I Am Not a Fox by Karina Wolf. Born and raised in the Netherlands, Chuck Groenink lives in New York's Hudson Valley.