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Beacons of Light: Lighthouses
• Gail Gibbons
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A pictorial reference to American lighthouses for children 5 to 8.
(USE217, $16.00)
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Birdie's Lighthouse
• Kimberly Bulcken Root
• Deborah Hopkinson
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A taut, compelling account of one little girl's brave vigil set on Turtle Island, Maine in 1855. Birdie Holland steps in to save the day when her father, the lighthouse keeper, falls ill. For readers ages 4 to 9.
(USE218, $6.99)
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Blueberries for Sal
• Robert McCloskey
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A timeless children's classic of Maine in the summertime, winningly illustrated by the great Robert McCloskey. Sal and her mother go blueberry picking but find they must share their berries with a mother bear and baby bear.
(USE211, $7.99)
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Calico Bush
• Rachel Field
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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First published in 1931 and long-beloved, this is the story of a French orphan in the New World who must indenture herself to a Maine family in exchange for food and shelter. Appropriate for readers aged 9 to 12.
(USE214, $5.99)
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Island Boy
• Barbara Cooney
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The coming-of-age tale of a 19th-century boy, who left his island home off the coast of Maine, to seek his fortune as a sailor, before returning to the island to marry and settle down.
(USE219, $6.99)
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Miss Rumphius
• Barbara Cooney
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Miss Rumphius travels the world over the course of the years, but in the end, she learns the importance of making the world a better place. A children's story about the value of beauty and wisdom, with fine illustrations. For ages 4-8.
(GEN207, $7.99)
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One Morning in Maine
• Robert McCloskey
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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This is McCloskey's charming sequel to Blueberries for Sal, in which Sal loses her tooth, digs for clams and crosses to the mainland in a motorboat. Suitable for readers ages 4 to 7.
(USE212, $17.99)
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Project Puffin, How We Brought Puffins Back to Egg Rock
• Pete Salmansohn
• Stephen Kress
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Biologist Stephen Kress describes how he and his "puffineers" saved the puffins of Maine in this introduction to bird conservation for readers ages 8 to 12. Winningly illustrated with photographs of puffins.
(USE221, $7.95)
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
• Phillip Hoose
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An engaging and well-researched history of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the struggles surrounding its survival. It's a suspenseful and entertaining book about modern conservation and environmental issues for middle-school readers.
(BRD30, $21.00)
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The Sign of the Beaver
• Elizabeth George Speare
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A young adult novel set in Maine just after the French and Indian War, in which a young colonist is rescued by Indians. For readers 10 and up.
(USE222, $6.50)
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Stories from Where We Live, The North Atlantic Coast
• Sara St. Antoine
• Paul Mirocha
• Trudy Nicholson
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A substantial anthology of writings about this North American ecoregion, from Newfoundland south to Delaware -- wonderfully useful as a young person's guide to people, nature and place. Ages 9 to 14.
(USE252, $10.95)
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Time of Wonder
• Robert McCloskey
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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The captivating tale of two girls on vacation in Maine by the author of Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine and (of course!) Make Way for Ducklings. It won the Caldecott Medal in 1958.
(USE328, $6.99)
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What the Sea Left Behind
• Mimi Gregoire Carpenter
• FIELD GUIDE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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This beautiful picture book depicts the many kinds of sea life, pebbles and rubble that can wash up on the beach in Maine. An illustrated survey of the intertidal zone for kids ages 5-7.
(USE216, $10.95)
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