Miss Elden Welcomes all AJ McLellan Readers! : The Lighthouse Dog

The Lighthouse Dog by Betty Waterton

Photo Credit: Roy Priest

MISO: Norman, are your sure we want to go into the lighthouse? I think it looks a bit big and lonely in there. Plus, we are surrounded by water, but neither of us even likes to swim.

NORMAN: We should definitely go in, I heard the Captain's Wife is bringing an extra large pizza!

Hi boys and girls! Today we are reading a story called The Lighthouse Dog. I love this story because it is funny, adventurous, and has a really cool dog in it called Molly who LOVES to eat pizza. Norman loves to eat pizza too, his favourite is pepperoni. A Lighthouse is a tall building that has a light near the top. Lighthouses are often built on the coast of an ocean and help protect ships from crashing into shore by sending light out towards the sea. Back in the old days, there used to be a lighthouse keeper who would make sure that there was always a light burning or turned on in the lighthouse to make sure anyone in a boat in the ocean would stay safe and away from crashing into the shore. Sometimes the lighthouse keeper would have to stay up all night to make sure the light never went out! This story takes place off the eastern coast of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world. The first largest Ocean in the world is the Pacific Ocean, which is the ocean found on the Pacific Coast, right where we live in British Columbia.

I have also included a nice colouring sheet of a lighthouse scene if you would like to work on it as well.

I hope you enjoy the story as much as Norman and I do - Norman loves a story where a dog is a hero!

The Lighthouse Dog: