The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
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- Create Date：2021-04-25 11:55:59
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Ronda Armitage
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Reviews
Sophie O’Sullivan
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Seagulls are lunch thieves as Mrs Grinling makes delicious lunches for her husband。 Lunch seems to disappear before Mr Grinling gets a look in！ A great read with lots of beautiful illustrated pages。
Linda
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Problem-solving idea is great for the kids， but the story has some very old fashioned elements。
Clemmie Hill
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A classic that never gets old。 Every day Mrs Grinling makes an extravagant lunch and sends it to Mr Grinling as he works at the lighthouse。 When seagulls start stealing the food， the couple must work together to find a way to sabotage them。 A funny story that I'd love to use with children in a science or food technology lesson， for example， how could you protect the food from the seagulls？ （materials）。 A classic that never gets old。 Every day Mrs Grinling makes an extravagant lunch and sends it to Mr Grinling as he works at the lighthouse。 When seagulls start stealing the food， the couple must work together to find a way to sabotage them。 A funny story that I'd love to use with children in a science or food technology lesson， for example， how could you protect the food from the seagulls？ （materials）。 。。。more
Hannah
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3。5 stars。 The seagulls comments were funny！ I like the ideas about how you could use this with KS1。
Samantha Hodges
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Great story for using as basis for cross curricular work
Alexandra
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One of my all-time favourite reads！
Anna
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Such a fun read， used it in a year 1/2 class was great fun！！
Ben
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Mr Grinling works tirelessly on his precious lighthouse， whatever the weather， while his loyal wife kindly makes tasty lunches for him。 One day a bunch of greedy seagull’s spot Mr Grinling’s scrumptious lunch making its way to him and decide to devour the lot！ Every day since， Mr Grinling’s lunch gets swooped away by them。 Leaving him both hungry and frustrated， and the gulls’ rather satisfied。 Using teamwork， Mr and Mrs Grinling try different methods to make sure every bit of Mr Grinling’s lunc Mr Grinling works tirelessly on his precious lighthouse， whatever the weather， while his loyal wife kindly makes tasty lunches for him。 One day a bunch of greedy seagull’s spot Mr Grinling’s scrumptious lunch making its way to him and decide to devour the lot！ Every day since， Mr Grinling’s lunch gets swooped away by them。 Leaving him both hungry and frustrated， and the gulls’ rather satisfied。 Using teamwork， Mr and Mrs Grinling try different methods to make sure every bit of Mr Grinling’s lunch is delivered without interference from those pesky Gull’s。 Unfortunately for them， the seagulls are always one step ahead of them！ Finally， Mrs Grinling comes up with a cunning plan; she dolloped mustard inside the sandwiches。 The seagulls finally stay clear and Mr Grinling can enjoy his much-deserved lunch once more。 Reading this story brought back some very fond childhood memories of mine - fantastic story！ I believe it encourages children to be more inventive and to not give up if they fall at the first obstacle。 Perfect for KS1。 。。。more
Evan， Luke & Robyn
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First read: 2018Evan's first year of nursery - they were doing a project about it so mummy bought us a copy。 First read: 2018Evan's first year of nursery - they were doing a project about it so mummy bought us a copy。 。。。more
Dave
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Great book， another of Jack's choices from Ironside。 Love the setting， I'd love to live there。 Bit cruel what they do to that cat （but funny）。8/10 Great book， another of Jack's choices from Ironside。 Love the setting， I'd love to live there。 Bit cruel what they do to that cat （but funny）。8/10 。。。more
Jess Allen
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Can make links with science; different aspects and topics within the science curriculum e。g。 what they made each day for lunch， by the seaside- rocks， wind etc
Rachel
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Whilst on Inclusion week at a special school， I saw this book being used in a KS3 class of children who had moderate to severe disabilities。 This book was read to them and the children read along whilst copying the sign language cues。 They then re-enacted the scenes with puppets and tableau， and also tasted some mustard on a cracker。
Joseph Gilmour
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I enjoyed it。 I liked about the lunch at the end and the iced sea biscuits
Katie Beattie
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Humerus book great for talking about health diets etc
Alice Biggerstaff
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Such a fun read， with some wonderful illustrations！
Daniel Rodd
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A fun book that is beautifully illustrated and very funny。
Kirsty Newman
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I think this is a great book with a lot of potential for different areas of learning。 I experienced a teacher using this with a reception class for a whole term topic which worked really well and the children loved it。
Nicola Edwards
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This book is great for KS1。 There are so many resources available to support lessons。
Pooja
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Seagulls are the best of the thieves when it comes to stealing delicious food。 What Lighthouse keeper needs to do is find a solution to get rid of the greedy birds。 This book makes one dream of lunch boxes。
Stuart Plaskitt
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Brilliant book in only a student from a schoolLove it all much brill hope you can make books like the book was interesting and hope and give you the best
Sarah Gerard
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Saw this being used during SBT1。 A fantastic book to use with year 1 and/or 2。 A good story which lends itself nicely to actions which make the book more memorable e。g。 lighthouse， cottage etc。 The story has some good language in it e。g。 industrious and concocting， which can really enhance all of the children's written work。 Can buy a basket and put lots of different food/ a ginger cat （Hamish） in to bring the book to life- the children really loved this when I was on placement。 Something else t Saw this being used during SBT1。 A fantastic book to use with year 1 and/or 2。 A good story which lends itself nicely to actions which make the book more memorable e。g。 lighthouse， cottage etc。 The story has some good language in it e。g。 industrious and concocting， which can really enhance all of the children's written work。 Can buy a basket and put lots of different food/ a ginger cat （Hamish） in to bring the book to life- the children really loved this when I was on placement。 Something else that worked really well was the children were all given a piece of cake and had to write a postcard as though they were one of the seagulls from the story describing what the cake was like。 The children then re-wrote the story， keeping some things the same and making other elements their own。 This worked really well for differentiation e。g。 everyone changed what the lunch was that was put into the basket， and then some of the children changed the ending of the story as well， and instead of having mustard sandwiches， were given the opportunity to change this。 This allowed all of the children to be creative and produce their own piece of written work。 Was a good book to use which tied in well to the topic （beachcombers）。 Would definitely use in the future as you can do so much with it。 。。。more
Emma
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Used in Year 1 English， the daily sequence of events are good for writing storyboards。
Aileen
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Mr Grinling is the lighthouse keeper， and every day his wife sends his lunch over clipped to a wire。 All is well until three seagulls start stealing the food on the way over， so Mrs Grinling has to think of a way to stop them。 Nice little tale for young children。
Sami Snow
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This is a cute story with some Australian slang thrown in。 The illustrations are a little cheesy but would be humorous for the adult reading to a child （or for an assignment）。 Trait: VoiceAR: N/ADRA: N/A
terri-ann marshall
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Good book。 10/10
Ben Hagan
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One of my favourite books of all time！
Alison
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A lovely， sweet and fun story about a poor light house keeper whose lunch keeps being stolen by mean seagulls。 Not that these days there are many lighthouse keepers but still， a childhood favourite picture book for me。 Simple but elegant illustrations， and text okay for readers， but help needed for beginners。
Jessica Jeffs
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Great book for KS1， lots of lovely cross curricular activities to complete within the class。 See infant projects for ideas。
Mathew
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Every day， Mr Grinling rows out to the lighthouse to make sure everything is running smoothly and every day his wife， through the use of a rather ingenious cable system， sends him his rather lavish lunch （peach surprise and a killer sandwich among other things）。 That is until some well-named gulls see an opportunity for a free meal and begin to hijack the parcel。 The presentation of the illustrations are a little odd in choice - some slightly blurry close-ups and odd angles but the Hamish's expr Every day， Mr Grinling rows out to the lighthouse to make sure everything is running smoothly and every day his wife， through the use of a rather ingenious cable system， sends him his rather lavish lunch （peach surprise and a killer sandwich among other things）。 That is until some well-named gulls see an opportunity for a free meal and begin to hijack the parcel。 The presentation of the illustrations are a little odd in choice - some slightly blurry close-ups and odd angles but the Hamish's expression had me in stitches throughout and I cannot but admit that I was smitten by the seagulls who seem to have popped off the old 'oh err missus postcards of the 1930s。 Such is life！ as Mr。 Grinling muses at the end。 。。。more
Rory Wise
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