Ler em férias : Hello LightHouse, livro em Inglês LE1

 

Hello LightHouse

Sophie Blackall

https://www.sophieblackall.com/books/ 

 

As férias começaram. E muitos alunos partem de férias com família ou em grupo de amigos.

 

Praia e costa são dos destinos mais procurados para usufruir do mar. Eis um livro que pode levar à descoberta de faróis.

 

O livro pareceu-nos uma bela homenagem a todos os que, de forma bem solitária, durante anos, dedicaram e dedicam a vida a guardar e a assegurar o funcionamento daquelas casas de luz no meio do mar.

 

Hello LightHouse

Sophie Blackall

https://www.amazon.com/

 

Hello Lighthouse é um livro ilustrado escrito e ilustrado pela autora e ilustradora australiana, radicada nos Estados Unidos, Sophie Blackall. Sophie Blackall já ilustrou mais de 30 livros para crianças e adolescentes.

 

Podem conhecer um pouco mais sobre Sophie Blackall, biografia e bibliografia aqui

Hello LightHouse

Sophie Blackall

créditos: Matt Carr

 

O livro parece-nos uma bela homenagem a todos os que, de forma bem solitária, durante anos, dedicaram a vida a guardar e a assegurar o funcionamento daquelas "casas de luz".

 

O livro conta a história de um farol e seu último faroleiro. Foi galardoado Janeiro, com a Medalha Caldecott 2019 pelas ilustrações. 

 

"Children will delight in immersing themselves in the captivating discoveries each new look at Hello Lighthouse will bring."

 

Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Mary Fellows

 

Finding Winnie : The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Lindsay Mallick

illustrations : Sophie Blackall

Esta é a segunda vez que Blackall vence a Caldecott Medal. Em 2016, foi distinguida com Finding Winnie : The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, um livro que já conhecem.

 

 

Lembram quando escrevi sobre Winnie  e a sua verdadeira história?

Será que,  um destes dias,  atravessam o oceano, e chegam a Portugal? Em Português, claramente!

 

Mas voltemos ao livro Hello LightHouse ...

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Hello LightHouse

Sophie Blackall

https://www.sophieblackall.com/books/

 

Visitar um farol por dentro significa viajar no tempo e imaginar  a vida daqueles que viveram confinados a espaços tão pequenos e isolados. Entendemos as rotinas dos seus guardiões, conhecemos os espaços onde passavam os dias e as noites, onde dividiam a vida com as famílias. Uma vida contada ao pormenor no diário de bordo de cada faroleiro.

Hello LightHouse

Sophie Blackall

https://www.sophieblackall.com/books/

Temos assim, uma visita guiada por Sophie Blackall, magnificamente ilustrada e bem documentada. 

As rotinas e os factos relatados revelam a dimensão da abnegação destes guardiões e das suas famílias, não deixando ninguém indiferente.

 

A chegada de um novo faroleiro, os alterações e ajustes que fazem, a solidão de um tempo que custa a passar, a chegada da mulher, o nascimento do filho, as estações do ano...são detalhes descritos primorosamente por Blackall, que nos faz viver cada um deles de forma singular.

 

 

In this beautifully illustrated picture book you will learn all about the life of a lighthouse keeper whose job was to keep ships safe at sea.

📘📗Actividades férias:

 

Ler nas férias, é uma belíssima actividade para os estudantes. Desta vez, em Inglês, língua estrangeira I. Desenvolverá as suas capacidades de compreensão da língua estrangeira, neste caso Inglês, e alargamento de vocabulário,

Hello LightHouse

Sophie Blackall

https://www.sophieblackall.com/books/

👉Synopsis (English):

 

"Hello Lighthouse is a beautifully rendered story about a lighthouse keeper and the ins and outs of his daily life. The illustrations truly lift the story to another level, allowing readers to gather information from both the words and images to make meaning. It is sure to be a book that children return to again and again!"

Watch the days and seasons pass as the wind blows, the fog rolls in, and icebergs drift by. Outside, there is water all around. Inside, the daily life of a lighthouse keeper and his family unfolds as the keeper boils water for tea, lights the lamp's wick, and writes every detail in his logbook.

Step back in time and through the door of this iconic lighthouse into a cozy dollhouse-like interior with the extraordinary award-winning artist Sophie Blackall

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Hello LightHouse

Sophie Blackall

https://www.sophieblackall.com/books/

Aim: 

 

Developing reading skills in English as a first foreign language, strategies for an independent reading.

 

 

Age: up to 9

A beloved picture book from twice Caldecott Medal award-winner Sophie Blackall that transports young readers to the seaside in timeless, nautical splendor!

 

 

G-Souto

 

 

18.07.2026

Books ! ler nas férias :  Hello LightHouse, livro em Inglês LE1 G-Souto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

 

Science ! Let's talk about the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades !

 

credits: Manfred_Konrad via Getty Images

The night sky can be a wondrous place filled with stars, but there are some brilliant celestial lights that shine brighter than others.

Yesterday night, 11 July  Moon met the Seven Sisters Pleiades and 13 July Moon wil be near Aldebaran, Mars and the Pleiades.

credits: Muhammad Alaa in Sanabu, Assiut, Egypt

The Pleiades, do you know ?

The Pleiades is a bright star cluster and a popular skywatching target.

The Pleiades are an asterism, or pattern of stars, as well as an open star cluster, made up of more than 1,000 stars. 

They are located in the constellation Taurus and are about 410 light-years from Earth. 

Recently astronomers discovered that the Pleiades star cluster has more than 3,000 sibling stars that originated from the same giant molecular cloud.

The Taurus Constellation

credit: manpuku7 via Getty Images

The Seven Sisters ?

The Pleiades, or "Seven Sisters" (Messier 45), is a  young, bright open star cluster in the constellation Taurus. Located about 444 light-years away, it contains over 1,000 stars, though only 6 to 7 are typically visible to the naked eye

Also known as the "Seven Sisters" and Messier 45, they derive their English name from Greek legend in which the stars represent the daughters of the ocean nymph Pleione.

 

• Mythology :

Many ancient cultures had myths and stories associated with the Pleiades. 

In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas, a Titan who held up the sky, and the oceanid Pleione, protectress of sailing. 

The Pleiades Greek Mythology

https://en.wikipedia.org/

The sisters were Maia, Electra, Alcyone, Taygete, Asterope, Celaeno and Merope. Also, the Pleiades were sometimes said to be nymphs in the train of Artemis. They were half-sisters of the seven Hyades. The Hyades pattern is another star cluster near the Pleiades stars.

According to the myth, when the hunter Orion pursued the sisters, Zeus transformed them into doves and placed them in the heavens to protect.

According to a Polynesian legend, the Pleiades was once a single star: the brightest in the sky. The Polynesian god Tane disliked this star bragging about its beauty. So the god smashed the star into pieces, creating the Pleiades star cluster.

Pleiades and Halloween : The modern-day festival of Halloween originates from an old Druid rite that coincided with the midnight culmination of the Pleiades cluster. People believed the veil dividing the living from the dead was at its thinnest when the Pleiades culminates – reaches its highest point in the sky – at midnight.

credits: Earth.org

Shortly before sunrise tomorrow morning, look for the thin waning crescent moon, glowing with earthshine. It’ll lie close to the horizon, with the red planet Mars and bright orange giant star Aldebaran somewhat higher in the east. You might see the tiny dipper-shaped Pleiades star cluster, too. 

Chart via EarthSky

• How to watch :

Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful, and a good telescope or binoculars will enhance some experiences and bring some otherwise invisible objects into view.

• Resources:

Here the five best night sky sights of July 2026. Mark your calendar skygazers students !

 

• Best stargazing locations, recommended by the EarthSky community

Follow here

Education:

It’s time for the best of 2026 in the night sky! Mark your calendars for these special stargazing events in this year. From planetary pairings to epic eclipses, and from intriguing evening sky scenes to inspiring morning views, there’s much to see.

via Pinterest

July is a wonderful month to stargazing. The Pleiades! An awesome event to share with your students if you still in class. That's depends from the country.

Most of us are excited about this. Sciences teachers and students. Stargazers as well. 

The last publishing has been in April 2025 : Science Education: Don't miss the Pink Moon to light up the sky on April 12, remember?

Wow ! So long I don't publish about science and shy ! 

Let's do now ! Teachers id you are still in person lessons at schools, invite your students to be ready as stargazers. 

If not, contact your students by social media and ask them to take some photos if they are lucky, or capture small videos (some seconds) with their smartphones and tablets to explore in Science classroom after school holidays.

After Summer holiday, teachers and students will discuss their experiences and knowledge about the Pleiades. it will be fantastic !

Curricula: Cross-curricular: History; Sciences; Languages & Literature (traditions, mythology, poetry, prose).

Level : All levels.

Teachers must consider the activities to every level or curriculum they are teaching.

Sciences curriculum will be enhanced with another spectacular event. The Pleiades!

G-Souto

12.07.2026

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Sources: EarthSky/ Space.com/ Wikipedia