Young Joe Livingston has a very active imagination. When his favorite Aunt goes missing, he and his family journey through the wilds of Maine to rescue her from the clutches of Cracker, the Beast of B
There’s a lake with a loon and two chicks. Sounds peaceful, right? Guess again. The Lake Where Loon Lives starts quietly, but the story builds, one line at a time, to a wacky and wonderful splashy cre
In 2009, author Brian Daniels created Joe Wright—a clueless, middle-aged, thick-around-the-middle man who is hopelessly stuck in the twentieth century. Thoughts of an Average Joe is the hilarious ramb
As any visitor to the beach knows, all sorts of treasures can be found if you know how and where to look. This beautifully illustrated pocket guide helps young beachcombers find and identify shells of
Inspired by her bold move to Maine and New Hampshire, as well as the slow-food movement that has re-energized sustainable farming, NYT bestselling author Kate Christensen turns her blockbuster talent
Paul Fournier lived and breathed Maine's Great North Woods for decades, from his summers working at a boys' camp as a teenager, to his adventures as a registered Maine Guide, bush pilot, and sporting
Ardeana Hamlin's now-classic Pink Chimneys, set in nineteenth-century Maine, centered around a notorious Bangor brothel and told the story of the resilient Fanny, her daughter Elizabeth, and Maude, a
The timeless world of Maine’s best-loved sporting artist, Tom Hennessey, comes effortlessly to life in his latest collection, Leave Some for Seed. With words and pen-and-ink illustrations, Hennessey r
Miriam Colwell's Contentment Cove-her fourth novel set in Maine and her first in more than five decades-is a riveting story of class distinctions in a 1950s Down East coastal village during a time of
Spending the summer with her grandparents on a small New England island, young Nic endures long days of homesickness and loneliness at the side of her beloved dog, Nellie, before gradually discovering
In The Fog of Forgetting, the beginning of a new adventure-fantasy trilogy, five children wash up on the shores of an foreign land, unwitting agents of destiny in a realm struggling to withstand a for
A tenderly written, poignant novel from award-winning Maine fiction writer, Jim Nichols. Tightly constructed of gem-like linked stories told from the different points of view of residents of the small
North Bath, Maine, is set on the peninsula surrounded by the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers with Merrymeeting Bay at the headland. This glorious peninsula is rich not only in its pristine beauty but
Mount Desert Island residents Richard Johnson and Ruth Gortner Grierson have produced a children's alphabet book that focuses on the wonders of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. The hardco
Author Allen Northcutt’s fun-filled holiday tale weaves a whimsical “ugly duckling” story of animal friends that love an amiable but tattered moose whose name is Ugly. This picture book introduces ele
When Azalea’s family moves to Portland, Maine, so that her father can try driving a tour bus for a living, Azalea’s mom decides she wants Azalea (11) and her older sister Zenith (13) to try unschoolin
Joe Wood has dreams. Big dreams. He wants to be a newspaperman, and though he’s only fourteen, he’s already borrowed money to start his own press. But it’s April, 1861, and a young nation is teetering
The Old Maine Woman returns with her customary combination of sass, insight, and nostalgia in a host of new essays that shed their own particular light on the quandaries of being female, growing up, g
