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燈塔你好 by Sophie Blackall
3.0

Hello Lighthouse is a children's picture book that tells the story of a man who moves into the lighthouse. During his time there he meets his wife, has a baby, and looses his job. The lighthouse is given a modern day bulb that does not need tending. The man and his family moves to the mainland and watches the lighthouse from afar.

The pictures are beautiful and it tells a story, however I am not sure if a picture book was the best format for this story. It just seems so depressing. It was not something I would have read to my children when they were younger. I am not entirely sure what the message to take away from the book is. It seems kind of depressing to me. That everything a man devoted to a lighthouse was taken away by technology.

Read as an ebook from the library.