🗼 What the Lighthouse Saw

“I am the light on the headland. I have one job and one eye and I have held them both for a hundred years. Sit down; the fog will be an hour yet. You blink twice a second. I blink once every five. That is the only real di”

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Who is What the Lighthouse Saw for?

What the Lighthouse Saw is written for 4th grade – 5th grade listeners: 12 pages, read aloud with each word highlighted as it is spoken, so early readers can follow along. It is one of TernQuest's narrated picture books — all free, all in the browser, with no ads.

How do narrated books help reading?

Hearing fluent reading while watching the words builds sight-word recognition and sense of sentence rhythm; the highlight keeps the child's eyes on the print. Read it together first, then let them replay it on their own. For what to practise alongside, see the reading skills by grade.