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Hello Lighthouse is a picture book written and illustrated by Sophie Blackall. The book tells the story of a lighthouse and its last keeper and was well received, winning the 2019 Caldecott Medal for its illustrations. Drawing inspiration from a variety of sources, Blackall worked hard on the design of the book.
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She hides an image of a whale in every book, in honor of the novel Moby Dick, by Herman Melville. [14] [13] Blackall dislikes it when an author refers to an illustrated book as "my book", feeling it diminishes the essential role of the illustrations. [15] She seriously injured her hand in a fall while working at a children's camp. [3]
The story is told as a series of diary entries, the first being New Year's Day, 1796.The setting is an island off the coast of Norway.. On January 1, the narrator records that it is his first day in the lighthouse, and records his annoyance at the fact that he had a difficult time getting the appointment to man it, even though he is of noble birth.
The southernmost lighthouse in the world, located on the northeast coast of Isla Gonzalo, in the Diego Ramirez Islands, remains a continuously staffed lighthouse and meteorological station administered by the Chilean Navy. In October 2017, the lighthouse keeper Marcelo Escobar had to be airlifted to Punta Arenas after he suffered a broken arm. [17]
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