(4) K-3 Illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen. In 1861, thirty-seven-year-old Harriet Colfax began tending the Michigan City Lighthouse. Harriet's demanding, often dangerous work as one of the nation's few female lighthouse keepers for over forty years is recounted in the narrative and diary-entry sidebars. Finely rendered art with washes of color evokes her life and times. An author's note is included; unfortunately, sources are not. Glos.

Reviewer: Debora Pearson

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen. Peppy, bright illustrations make this standard catch-and-release butterfly story cheerful. Elderly Mr. McGinty likes watching the monarch caterpillars turn into butterflies. When their usual laying ground of milkweed is mowed over, Mr. McGinty works to save them. Narrative motion and facts throughout make this a pleasant, if not particularly compelling, educational picture book. Back matter explains monarch migration and the importance of milkweed.

Reviewer: Sian Gaetano