Islandport Press Fall 17 Catalog

We tell stories.

FALL 2017 | CATALOG 1

WELCOME

Meet Our Sales Team HOLLY EDDY

TAYLOR McCAFFERTY

Maine Gift Shops & Specialty Stores

Maine & N.H. Bookstores

Holly Eddy is an in­-house sales representative handling gift shop and specialty store accounts in Maine. She joined the Islandport team in 2010 after working as a buyer at various retail companies, including Bloomingdale’s, McCaulou’s Department Store, and Brody’s.

Taylor McCafferty is an in­-house sales representative handling bookstore accounts in Maine and New Hampshire as well as nonprofit customers.Taylor, a Maine native, joined the Islandport team in 2015. She has also worked as a bookseller in Portland.

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MISSION STATEMENT Islandport is a dynamic, award-winning publisher dedicated to stories rooted in the essence and sensibilities of New England.

We strive to capture and explore the grit, heart, beauty, and infectious spirit of the region by telling tales, real and imagined, that can be appreciated in many forms by readers, dreamers, and adventurers everywhere.

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Ordering Information Islandport Direct Retail customers in the United States can order Islandport Press books directly from our website (www.islandportpress. com) or by calling our offices at 207.846.3344.

Retail Stores Our books are available at bookstores and gift shops throughout New England. Our books are also available at some bookstores and gift shops nationwide as well as at many online stores.

Wholesale Accounts Islandport Press offers terms to qualified resellers. Please contact us directly for terms or contact information for the appropriate sales representative.

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Front cover photo by Dean Lunt Author photos by Kevin Bennett unless otherwise noted.

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CHILDREN / 2018 CALENDAR NEW

The Old Mainer and the Sea

By Jean M. Flahive, Illustrated by Mari Dieumegard Eben goes out fishing one day, rowing six miles from his island home toward the harbor on the mainland, hauling in cod as he goes. But a porpoise tangles his lines, fog rolls in, and an accident leads to a broken oar. Lonely, tired, and adrift, Eben is almost ready to give in to the embrace of the sea, when rescue comes in an unexpected form. The Old Mainer and the Sea is an allegorical tale about the circular nature of hope and deliverance. $17.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-27-8 Children’s picture book, hardcover, 8 x 10, ages 4–8, 32 p.

Coming OCT 2017

Sun Salt Happy: 2018 Desktop Calendar

By Beth Rand

Beth Rand’s signature seagulls celebrate each month with style and humor.

From a New Year’s resolution in January to a peaceful gathering in December, the gulls eat, play, relax, and make the most of the coast. Start with sun, add some salt, and get happy with this colorful 2018 calendar that’s sure to brighten up any desktop. $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-30-8 Gift / Calendar, 5 x 7, Unbound Desktop Calendar, 14 p.

ABC Gulls

By Beth Rand

ABC Gulls offers a playful look at the alphabet with a coastal twist. A cast of seagulls chronicle scenes from everyday island life. Little ones can start by learning letters and move up to sounding out individual words and full sentences.

U.S. $14.95 / CAN $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-08-7 Children’s picture book, hardcover, 8 x 8, ages 2–6, 32 p.

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CHILDREN Board Book

A Monarch Butterfly Story Written by Melissa Kim Illustrated by Jada Fitch

A young boy learns about threats to Monarch Butterflies and inspires his class and community to learn about the butterfly’s life cycle and to plant a butterfly friendly garden, offering the iconic insects safe places to lay eggs and native plants full of nectar to fuel their long migration. Through a simple narrative with beautiful illustrations, young readers will learn about the Monarch Butterfly, its cycle from egg to caterpillar to butterfly, threats to its survival, and respectful human interaction to help conserve this increasingly threatened species. This is the fourth title in the Wildlife on the Move series, published in partnership with Maine Audubon.

U.S. $10.95 / CAN $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-11-7 Children’s board book, 7 x 7, ages 0-6, 24 p.

Published in cooperation with

Other Wildlife on the Move board books

A Blanding’s Turtle Story

A Little Brown Bat Story

A Snowy Owl Story

A Blanding’s Turtle ventures across streams, over roads, and through wetlands to find food and a safe place to make a nest.

Inspired by true stories, A Little Brown Bat Story follows one bat through its daily ritual of eating and sleeping, and its annual migration to a safe spot to hibernate in winter.

Based on a true story, A Snowy Owl Story describes the recent irruption of Snowy Owls all across the United States.Youngsters will learn about migration, adaptation, and respectful human interaction with nature.

Written by Melissa Kim Illustrated by Jada Fitch

U.S. $10.95 / CAN $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-92-5 Children’s board book, 7 x 7, ages 0-6, 24 p.

Written by Melissa Kim Illustrated by Jada Fitch

U.S. $10.95 / CAN $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-70-3 Children’s board book, 7 x 7, ages 0-6, 24 p.

Written by Melissa Kim Illustrated by Jada Fitch

U.S. $10.95 / CAN $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-48-2 Children’s board book, 7 x 7, ages 0-6, 24 p.

2016 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, Children’s Notable Book 12 Best Bird Books of 2015, National Audubon

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A is for Acadia

Written by Ruth Gortner Grierson Photographs by Richard Johnson A is for Acadia is an ABC book that features vibrant color photographs of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. A fun and informative book that should appeal to residents and visitors of all ages.

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-03-2 Nonfiction Picture Book, hardcover, 11 x 9, ages 3-10, 32 p.

C is for Cape Cod

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N is for New Hampshire

B is for Berkshires

C is for Cape Cod

In N is for New Hampshire, each letter of the alphabet gets the full Rebecca Rule treatment. A short verse is a little story unto itself, and the text gives weird and wonderful background, delightful anecdotes, and useful information about the topic in a way that only New Hampshire’s foremost storyteller can. From Androscoggin to Zealand Falls, N is for New Hampshire will charm readers from 0 to 100.

B is for Berkshires explores the wonders of the Berkshires—from rolling hills to tumbling waterfalls, from concert halls to dairy farms, and from Tanglewood to tunnels. This ABC book combines playful short verses for younger children with informative text for older readers.

An ABC book that introduces children to the sights, sounds, culture, and history of Cape Cod. Each letter features a beautiful photograph, a fun, short verse for younger children and longer text that provides information for both children and adults alike.

U.S. $17.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-51-2 Nonfiction Picture Book, hardcover, 11 x 9, ages 3-10, 32 p.

U.S. $17.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-13-0 Nonfiction Picture Book, hardcover, 11 x 9, ages 3-10, 32 p.

Written by Rebecca Rule Photographs by Scott Snyder

Written by Joan Duris Photographs by Gillian Jones

Written by Christina Laurie Photographs by Steve Heaslip

U.S. $17.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-68-1 Nonfiction Picture Book, hardcover, 11 x 9, ages 3-10, 32 p.

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CHILDREN

Albert’s Almost Amazing Adventure

Adventures in Vacationland

By Mark Scott Ricketts

Crustacean Vacation

By Marty Kelley

Albert’s vacation was amazing—or so he thought.

To friends, his time in Maine was boring. Dull. Lame.

They’ve got more vivid and exciting ideas of what Albert could—and should—have done on his trip.

But Albert might just have a surprise for his friends, after all.

Young Joe Livingston has a very active imagination!

And 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 Briney Bay!

Where do you go when you’re feeling crabby and just need a vacation? To the seaside, of course! Join a frolicsome family of curious crabs as they scuttle on land to picnic at the beach, try their luck in an arcade, and slide and glide in a water park.

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-16-1 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover, 9 x 11, ages 6-10, 40 p.

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-95-7 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 9.5 x 8.5, ages 4–8, 36 p.

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $20.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-69-7 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 8 x 10, ages 4-8, 32 p.

Written by Brian Benoit, Illustrated by Marty Kelley

Children’s Book U.S. $17.95 / CAN $20.95

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Stephanie Calmenson than one hundred books for children including Dinner at the Panda Palace, A PBS StoryTime Book; The Principal’s New Clothes; Jazzmatazz!; Late for School!; Oopsy Teacher!; and Ollie’s School Day: A Yes-andNo Book. She is also known for her highly-

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A Visiting Dog’s Story, which Smithsonian Magazine called “one of the outstanding nonfiction titles of the year”, and May I Pet Your Dog? The How-to Guide for KIDS Meeting DOGS (and DOGS Meeting KIDS), a Horn Book Fanfare

Jake’s excited about going on a trip to an island, and he really, really, really wants to see a moose. But hi dad insists: there are no moose on this island. Both Jake and a friendly moose would like to disagree!

selection and an ALA Notable Children’s Video.

Stephanie lives in New York City and vacations in Maine.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Calmenson

Jennifer Thermes is the illustrator of The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever! by Rebecca Rule, which received a starred review from Kirkus.

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Maggie & Oliver, or A Bone of One’s Own, a middle-grade novel by Valerie Hobbs, and is the author and illustrator of Sam Bennett’s New Shoes and When I Was Built. Jennifer’s work has been described as “reminiscent of Lois Lenski” by The Horn Book Magazine. Jennifer loves to vacation in Maine, and though she keep looking. She lives in an old farmhouse in Newtown, Connecticut. Find her online at www. jenniferthermes.com.

Cover design by Karen Hoots, Hoots Design Cover art by Jennifer Thermes

The Lake Where Loon Lives

Merry Moosey Christmas

There’s a lake. A loon. 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, wonderful, and splashy crescendo, as the loons are joined by other creatures.

This Christmas Eve, Rudolph just wants to enjoy the holiday without having to work. So he convinces Santa to accept a substitute. They find an eager and resourceful moose for the job. But on Christmas Eve, Rudolph worries: Was the moose’s training good enough?

Written by Brenda Reeves Sturgis Illustrated by Brooke Carlton

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-24-6 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 9 x 11, ages 4-8, 32 p.

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Written by Lynn Plourde Illustrated by Russ Cox

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $20.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-38-3 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 9 x 11, ages 4-8, 32 p.

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has yet to see an actual moose, she plans to

In playful rhymes, author Stephanie Calmenson brings the reader along with Jake and his dad, as they explore the mammals, birds, insects, and sea life on and around the islan With graceful illustrations by Jennifer Thermes, Jake (and the reader) star to see the moose, a little bit at a time, but Dad’s either got his nose in a book or binoculars glued to his eyes. In the end, it’s Jake who show his dad the value of putting aside th guide book and ferry schedule to tru experience the beauty and magic of the outdoors.

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There are No Moose on This Island!

Written by Stephanie Calmenson Illustrated by Jennifer Thermes

Jake’s excited to visit an island, and he wants to see a moose. But his dad insists: there are no moose there.With graceful illustrations, Jake starts to see the moose, but Dad can’t. In the end, Jake shows Dad how to truly experience the outdoors.

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $20.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-34-6 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 9 x 11, ages 4-8, 32 p.

CHILDREN

Nic and Nellie

By Astrid Sheckels

Nic and Nellie is a heartwarming story of a girl and her beloved dog, Nellie, who slowly learn that new places really aren’t so scary, and that often friends can be found around every corner, even in old rowboats, tidal ponds, and stinky mudflats.

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $20.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-52-0 Chilldren’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 9.25 x 11.25, ages 4–9, 36 p.

Titus Tidewater

By Suzy Verrier

The Fish House Door

My Cat, Coon Cat

A beautifully illustrated book set in a Maine island fishing village. A summer visitor gives a young islander a new perspective and a fresh look at the people and traditions that have shaped his past and will chart his future.

When a young girl moves into a new home, she slowly wins the affection of a shy Maine coon cat.

A delightful book for children, cat lovers, and anyone who has felt the warmth of making a new friend.

Written by Robert F. Baldwin Illustrated by Astrid Sheckels

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-30-8 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 9.25 x 11.25, ages 4-9, 36 p.

By Sandy Fuller Illustrated by Jeannie Brett

U.S. $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-13-1 Children’s Picture Book, softcover, 8 x 9.75, Ages 4-9, 32 p.

Seashells: Treasures of the Northeast Coast

Mabel takes the Ferry

This illustrated pocket guide helps young beachcombers find and identify shells of animals commonly found on Northeast shores. Easy enough for preschoolers, but scientific enough to satisfy a middle-schooler.

Canine sailor Mabel, a summer resident of Islesboro, Maine, took an unauthorized ferry trip aboard the Margaret Chase Smith to Lincolnville Beach. Adults will enjoy the descriptions of Penobscot Bay and the beautiful island of Islesboro, and children will giggle at Mabel’s adventures.

For lobster Titus Tidewater, summer means exciting happenings near the shoreline, but also lurking dangers. Titus explores the ocean floor, but soon finds himself caught in a trap. Find out what happens when he is taken from his familiar surroundings to a strange new world on land.

By Joanne Roach-Evans

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-0-976323-11-2 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover, 10.5 x 8.25, ages 4–9, 38 p.

U.S. $10.95 / CAN $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-79-7 Illustrated guidebook, softcover, 6 x 6, ages 2-8, 32 p.

By Emily Chetkowski Illustrated by Dawn Peterson

U.S. $12.95 / CAN $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-99-5 Children’s Picture Book, softcover, 9.75 x 7.25, ages 2-8, 32 p.

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Halfway Wild

Hold This!

Written by Carolyn Cory Scoppettone Illustrated by Priscilla Alpaugh

Written by Elinor Lander Horwitz Illustrated by Barbara Cooney

In this fresh and lyrical picture book, a family’s feelings and moods are imagined through animal traits and behaviors as they make their way through the course of one lazy summer day.

A girl and her father go for a walk, experiencing all the sights, sounds, smells, and feels of the woods.

As Mika asks her father to hold each and every one of her found treasures, he urges her to be a big girl and only take what she is able to carry. With every step and stumble, Mika finds both the wonders and treasures of nature. But the real discovery for both daughter and parent comes at the end, when they both realize that the truest treasure is a hand to hold.

On a night on which anything can—and indeed will—happen, three girls venture out to hear otters sing, eat spaghetti with pineapple sauce, and watch the trees dance. Orginally published in 1975, When the Sky is Like Lace was a New York Times Outstanding Book.

Written by Laura Freudig Illustrated by Kevin M. Barry

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $20.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-48-3 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 8 x 10, ages 4-8, 32 p.

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-68-0 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 8 x 10, ages 3-7, 32 p.

The Pig Scramble

At One

Clarence feels he’s not good enough compared to his big brothers. He just can’t seem to find his place on the family farm. But, at the annual county fair, Uncle Leon gives Clarence the advice and selfconfidence he needs to turn things around.

At One lyrically celebrates Maine’s inspirational beauty, from the majesty of Baxter State Park to the crashing waves of the Atlantic. Lynn Plourde has written many children’s books, but in At One she strikes out in a new direction while keeping her distinctive voice.

Written by Jessica Kinney Illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-61-2 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 9 x 11, ages 4-9, 36 p.

Written by Lynn Plourde Art by Leslie Mansmann

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-06-3 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover, 8 x 10, ages 4–9, 32 p.

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When the Sky is Like Lace

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-47-5 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 8 x 10, ages 4-8, 32 p.

The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever!

Written by Rebecca Rule Illustrated by Jennifer Thermes

On a cold winter day when “the world was ice and we were skaters without skates,” friends set out on an adventure that soars to epic proportions when Grampa Bud lets them use his old runner sled to tackle the iciest, diciest, scariest hill ever!

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-88-9 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 9 x 11, ages 4–9, 36 p.

DAHLOV IPCAR Board Book

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Maine Alphabet Maine Alphabet Islandport Press

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Dahlov Ipcar’s Maine Alphabet

by Dahlov Ipcar

Maine wildlife and coastal scenes are near and dear to Dahlov Ipcar’s heart, and this board book serves as a kind of love letter to her home state, where she lived and worked for almost 75 years. She wrote, “A is for animals, wild and free,” and W is for “woodlands of wonder for you and for me.”

U.S. $10.95 / CAN $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-87-2 Children’s Board Book, 6 x 6, ages 2–6, 24 p.

The Little Fisherman

Written by Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by Dahlov Ipcar

This first children’s book illustrated by Dahlov Ipcar, with its authentic coastal scenes, helped establish her distinctive style and ignited a fourdecade creative run in which she wrote and illustrated more than 30 great children’s books.

U.S. $12.95 / CAN $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-15-5 Children’s Picture Book, softcover, 8 x 9.75, ages 4–9, 40 p.

Dahlov Ipcar’s Wild Animal Alphabet

by Dahlov Ipcar

Dahlov Ipcar’s second board book features illustrations from her books as well as some of her fine art paintings. Her original rhyming couplets take readers on a fantastic trip from antelopes to tigers all the way to “Z is for Zebra, who always comes last.”

U.S. $10.95 / CAN $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-58-2 Children’s Board Book 6 x6, ages 2-6, 22 p.

The Calico Jungle

One Horse Farm

The Cat at Night

By Dahlov Ipcar

By Dahlov Ipcar

A boy takes a fantastical journey through a jungle landscape on a calico quilt his mother made for him, encountering calico birds pecking at fruits, calico elephants giving each other shower baths, calico antelope hiding in trees, and more.

One Horse Farm tells the story of a boy and a horse who grow up together on a farm and watch the world change around them. It’s a book that comes from the heart for Dahlov Ipcar. “It was the life I lived,” she said.

The Cat at Night depicts the journey of a farmer’s cat as it walks from the farm to the city, through fields and forests. Flip through the bold pages, which alternate between bright color and dark night scenes.

By Dahlov Ipcar

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-31-5 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ) 7.75 x 11.25, ages 4–9, 42 p.

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-39-1 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 10.5 x 9, ages 4–9, 36 p.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-23-0 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 8.75 x 11.5, ages 4–9 , 48 p.

My Wonderful Christmas Tree

By Dahlov Ipcar

From the snowy, wintery window of her art studio, Dahlov Ipcar saw a wild and wondrous world. With vivid imagination and vibrant colors, she captured a lively part of the Christmas season at her farm in Maine. From one shining star that graces the top of a living outdoor tree, she envisioned many captivating creatures of the field and forest who came to visit.

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-22-3 Children’s Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 8 x 10, ages 4–9, 40 p.

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MIDDLE READERS | Ages 8-12

BOOK 4

Mystery of the Bear Cub Written by Tamra Wight Illustrated by Carl DiRocco

The boys are down in the dumps—literally! Someone is dumping trash on the Wilder Family Campground’s property. It’s bad for the campground, and bad for the wildlife there, too. When Cooper, Packrat, and Roy find a fox in the woods with its head stuck in a jar, they know it’s time to investigate. But as the boys start digging, they stumble headlong into the path of a garbage truck and a black bear looking for its cub.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-25-4 Middle Grade Fiction, hardcover (DJ), 6 x 9, ages 8-12, 175 p.

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Written by Tamra Wight Illustrated by Carl DiRocco

Written by Tamra Wight Illustrated by Carl DiRocco

Written by Tamra Wight Illustrated by Carl DiRocco

Mystery on Pine Lake At the campground Cooper’s parents own, someone is out to harm the loons. It’s up to Cooper and his new friend Packrat to figure out who the culprit is and how to stop them—before it’s too late.

U.S. $12.95 / CAN $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-02-4 Middle Grade Fiction, softcover, 6 x 9, ages 8-12, 152 p.

Mystery of the Eagle’s Nest When Cooper and Packrat find their geocache box full of illegal eagle parts, they know their lazy summer is over. Cooper, Packrat, and Roy must elude two goons, tolerate an annoying teenager, keep tabs on a shady new camper, and stake out the eagle’s nest—all without getting grounded.

U.S. $12.95 / CAN $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-08-6 Middle Grade Fiction, softcover, 6 x 9, ages 8-12, 188 p.

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Mystery of the Missing Fox Juggling new campground duties, feeling guilty over his father’s accident, and desperate to help the fox kits, Cooper must make some tough decisions about who—and what—should come first.

U.S. $12.95 / CAN $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-90-1 Middle Grade Fiction, softcover, 6 x 9, ages 8-12, 200 p.

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THE FIVE STONES TRILOGY NOW IN PAPERBACK, OCTOBER 2017

The Fog of Forgetting

Chantarelle

The Kinfolk

The Five Stones Trilogy introduces the realms of Ayda and a centuries-old battle for control. At stake are the four stones of power and the elusive Fifth Stone that binds them all.

In book two of The Five Stones Trilogy, Morgan raises the stakes with a deeper examination of the evil power at work in Dankar, the conflict between love and loyalty, and the pain of sacrifice.

In the final installment of The Five Stones Trilogy, Chase, Evelyn, and Knox must gather together disparate forces to save not just Ayda but their own world.

U.S. $14.95 / CAN $17.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-87-1 Middle Grade Fiction, softcover, 6 x 9, ages 10-14, 376 p.

U.S. $14.95 / CAN $17.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-12-4 Middle Grade Fiction, softcover, 6 x 9, ages 10-14, 336 p.

U.S. $14.95 / CAN $17.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-03-2 Middle Grade Fiction, softcover, 6 x 9, ages 10-14, 296 p.

By G.A. Morgan

By G.A. Morgan

By G.A. Morgan

Ages 8-12 The Sugar Mountain Snow Balll ATKINSON

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MIDDLE READERS | Ages 8-14

$16.95 US / $18.95 CAN Middle Grade Fiction

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“The morning I couldn’t find my extra-thick striped socks turned out to be the day that changed my life.”

SO BEgINS RuBy LARuE’S story of one very fateful winter in the tiny ski town of Paris, New Hampshire. It starts in December, when Ruby and her best friend, Eleanor Bandaranaike, come across a mysterious fortune teller. Both girls have big dreams, but don’t know how to make them come true. And Madame Magnifique tells them just what they need to hear.

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Glory Lea Wait

But as Ruby chases her goal of mingling with wealthy out-of-town kids on the ski slopes, and Eleanor explores her passion for fashion design, things take an unexpected turn, and the girls learn that people—and dreams—aren’t always who, or what, they seem to be.

The Sugar Mountain Snow Ball

By Elizabeth Atkinson

Cheerful Ruby and her shy friend Eleanor couldn’t be more different.

Ruby has lived her whole life in Paris, New Hampshire. Eleanor’s family is from Sri Lanka. But these best friends share one thing: they both have impossible dreams.

U.S. $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-31-5 Middle Grade Fiction, softcover, 6 x 9, ages 8-12, 216 p.

Azalea, Unschooled

Uncertain Glory

In her debut middle grade novel, Liza Kleinman deftly explores the challenges of moving, making new friends, and finding room for differences within a family.

Lea Wait skillfully draws on the lives of real people in Maine’s history to tell this story of three young adults touched by the Civil War and the tension it brings, forcing them into adulthood‚ before they may be ready.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-58-1 Middle Grade Fiction, hardcover (DJ), 6 x 9, ages 8-12, 142 p.

U.S. $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-83-3 Middle Grade Fiction, softcover, 6 x 9, ages 8-12, 204 p.

By Liza Kleinman Illustrated by Brook Gideon

By Lea Wait

GOLD MEDAL 2015 MOONBEAM AWARD

GOLD MEDAL 2016 MOONBEAM AWARD

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YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE READER | Ages 11+ NEW

The Door to January

by Gillian French

Ever since sixteen-year-old Natalie Payson moved away from her hometown of Bernier, Maine, she’s had nightmares. And not just the usual ones.These are inside her, pulling her, calling her back, drawing her to a door, a house, a place, a time. Full of fear, full of danger. So this summer, Natalie’s going back to Bernier to face up to a few things: the reason she left town in the first place; the boy she’s trying hard not to trust; and the door in her dreams. But once she goes through the door, into a murky past, she’s entangled in someone else’s world.

And only Natalie can help right the wrongs of both the past and the present.

Breakthrough author Gillian French skillfully weaves together themes of small town bullies, unsolved murders, time travel, and the force of the spirit in this gripping paranormal thriller.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-10-0 Young adult fiction, hardcover (DJ), 6 x 9, ages 13+, 200 p.

“Chilling and suspenseful, this paranormal thriller with a touch of romance will keep readers on the edges of their seats.”

––Kirkus Reviews

Lies in the Dust

Written by Jakob Crane Illustrated by Timothy Decker

Fourteen years after the Salem Witch Trials, one accuser wrote a letter of apology for helping to send 24 people to their deaths. This is her story.

This graphic novel is a searing and uncommon portrayal of an untold aspect of the Salem Witch Trials.

U.S. $14.95 / CAN $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-33-8 Young Adult Graphic Novel, softcover, 6 x 9, ages 12+, 128 p.

Mercy

Billy Boy

Haley is a teenager struggling to cope with a new stepmom, a baby brother, and a family illness. When she digs into her family history, she uncovers a ghostly past, forcing her to overcome doubts and confront a vampire in order to save herself and her family.

When Billy Laird, 20, enlists in the Union Army, he has no idea what lies ahead. Mentally challenged, he is ill prepared for the training and fighting, but survives with help from friends. But when he is sent to a different unit, he runs off and meets up with a runaway slave, Elijah.Together, the two make their way north to their fates.

By Sarah L. Thomson

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-36-0 Young Adult Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, ages 11-15, 172 p.

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By Jean Mary Flahive

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-13-1 Young Adult Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, ages 12+, 294 p.

GUIDEBOOKS NEW

Ten Days in Acadia A Kids’ Hiking Guide to Mount Desert Island

By Hope Rowan Come along with Hattie to hike ten different trails on beautiful, iconic Mount Desert Island.

Hattie, 12, and her family describe their summer vacation to Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island, hiking the trails, discovering and observing plants and animals, swimming in lakes, and enjoying the occasional ice cream cone, too! By writing Ten Days in Acadia from a fictional kid’s point of view, author Hope Rowan has created a new way to interest kids and get them excited about being outdoors. Beautiful color drawings by Maine artist Jada Fitch illustrate field notes of common flora and fauna. Full-color trail maps, color photographs, hiking tips, rainy-day ideas, and other resources make this a valuable family companion.

U.S. $12.95 / CAN $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-09-4 Children’s/Guidebook, 5.5 x 7, softcover, ages 8-12, 104 p.

The Islandport Guide to Lighthouses in Maine

By Ted Panayotoff

The allure of Maine lighthouses attracts thousands of visitors and enthusiasts each year. From the northernmost outpost of Whitlock Mills Light to Grindle Point Light on Islesboro, to the southern beacon of Cape Neddick (Nubble) Light—a total of sixty-four existing lighthouses dot the bold coast and rugged islands of Maine. The Islandport Guide to Lighthouses in Maine celebrates the longstanding history and importance of each lighthouse, as well as its modern-day use and accessibility. A special section for mariners details the sea approach to 22 lighthouses. Four-color photography, combined with vintage postcard imagery, make this guidebook as handsome as it is useful.

U.S. $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-62-8 Travel/Guidebook, softcover, 5.5 x 7, 170 p.

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GUIDEBOOKS Buzzed: Beers, Booze & Coffee Brews

Where to Enjoy the Best Craft Beverages in New England

By Erik Ofgang Buzzed taps into New England’s burgeoning craft beer industry, longtime coffeehouse culture, and the upand-coming world of craft distilling. With an everyman perspective and sharp wit, award-winning food and travel writer Erik Ofgang takes readers on a rollicking tour of New England’s booming craft beverage scene.

Focusing on craft beverage clusters (areas where breweries, distilleries, and great coffeehouses can be found in close proximity to one another), Buzzed tells readers all they need to know about visiting a particular drinking establishment. This travel guide is packed with inside information gathered directly from brewers and distillers, as well as bar trivia facts, historical tidbits, and Ofgang’s smart, humorous observations. Ofgang also suggests side trips, which include must-see museums, walking trails, and the standout attractions that make New England such a vibrant vacation destination.

U.S. $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-65-9 Travel/Guidebook, softcover, b/w photos, 5.5 x 7, 200 p.

Major Craft Beverage Destinations featured in Buzzed: Boston, MA Nantucket, MA Great Barrington & Sheffield, MA Stamford, CT Bridgeport & Stratford, CT Mystic, CT Providence, RI Newport, RI Burlington,VT Quechee & Bridgewater Corners,VT Brattleboro,VT Portland, ME Rockport & Rockland, ME Portsmouth, NH

Take it From ME

An Insider’s Guide to Maine Restaurants, Inns, and Lodges

By George and Linda Smith Whether you are preparing for a weekend holiday or a longer driving tour of Maine, this guidebook offers an insider’s selection of the best and most welcoming inns, hotels, and restaurants in Maine, chosen personally by curious natives George and Linda Smith. Culled from hundreds of columns written for The Kennebec Journal, this savvy guide book offers dual perspectives on favorite establishments, as well as suggestions for nearby attractions and side trips.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-84-0 Travel/Guidebook, softcover, 5.5 x 7, 160 p.

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COOKING NEW

Green Plate Special Sustainable and Delicious Recipes

By Christine Burns Rudalevige In Green Plate Special, food writer and sustainibility expert Christine Burns Rudalevige shares her recipes for delicious meals, alongside tips and tricks for greening your kitchen and making the most of your produce. From the farmer’s market to the dessert plate, this book is filled with ideas that will surprise and delight home cooks and eco-advocates, including recipes for meatless mains, summer barbecue favorites, and mouth-watering side dishes. Featuring dozens of recipes that are good for the planet (but do not sacrifice flavor), Green Plate Special is an easy-to-digest primer for conscious, delectable living.

U.S. $24.95 / CAN $27.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-14-8 Cookbook, hardcover, 8 x 10, 216 p.

Always in Season Written by Elise Richer Art by Teresa Lagrange

Always in Season gives you more than 130 inviting and delicious recipes. Maine author Elise Richer takes you through each month of the year, highlighting a few select ingredients that are in season that month and offering fresh ideas on how to use them—without having to run to specialty grocery stores for rare ingredients or set aside half a day for prepping and cooking. The cookbook is beautifully illustrated by artist Teresa Lagrange. Make the most of New England’s seasonal harvest!

U.S. $19.95 / CAN 22.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-99-4 Cookbook, softcover, 8 x 9.5, 192 p.

Black Fly Stew: Wild Maine Recipes

By Kate Krukowski Gooding

In Black Fly Stew:Wild Maine Recipes, Pretty Marsh resident Kate Gooding and her own Northern Solstice Publishing offer recipes from the length and breadth of the state, including Grown-Up Macaroni and Cheese with Lobster, Baby Boomer Whoopie Pies, Maine Black Bear Stew, Warm Black Fly Vinaigrette Dressing, Maple Moose Barbecue, Partridge with Apple Cider Glaze, and Jackman Gingerbread. This is a hoot, and we think, a new classic.

U.S. $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-60402-047-2 Cookbook, softcover, 6 x 9, 240 p.

Published by Northern Solstice Publishing

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NONFICTION | MEMOIR NEW

“The writing is exquisite, the invitation into childhood terrain irresistible.”

––MARJORIE SIMMINS, ATLANTIC BOOKS TODAY

“Smart, lyrical, contemplative, passionate, elegant: Deborah Joy Corey’s memoir Settling Twice is all of these and more.”

—RICHARD RUSSO

“Settling Twice is like a morning in Maine: lush, clear, suffused with grace of nature, uplifting and ardent and deep.”

—JANE MENDELSOHN

“God is in these pages, which is something different and very damn interesting, in my opinion.”

—LEE SMITH

Settling Twice In a revelation of memory and unflinching insight, prompted by the death of her parents, author Deborah Joy Corey probes the complex bonds between family, lovers, and neighbors that shaped her sense of identity: then, as a girl growing up in rural New Brunswick, and now as a wife and mother living on the coast of Maine. With astonishing skill and delicacy, she weaves a story of faith and transcendence, of loyalty and regret, and shows us how––despite the passage of time and a world fraught with disillusion––wonder prevails and love sustains.

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-18-6 Memoir, softcover, 6 x 9, 232 p.

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By Deborah Joy Corey

Deborah Joy Corey was raised in rural Canada. She is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, Losing Eddie and The Skating Pond, and her many prize-winning short stories are printed in numerous anthologies and writing textbooks. She lives and writes in Castine, Maine, but returns to Canada several times a year.

NONFICTION | Memoir Glenna JOhnsOn sMith

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Old Maine Woman

Tales of Growing Up and Getting Older

Nine Mile Bridge Trappers, foresters, lumbermen, woods folk, and wild animals, as well as frozen dogsled runs, hunting, fishing, simple joys, and awe-inspiring beauty, form the backdrop for Hamlin’s remarkable adventure.

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-0-967166-25-4 Nonfiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 282 p.

Smith offers a nostalgic look at her childhood on the coast and her observations of life under the big sky and among the rolling potato fields of her beloved Aroostook County, where she has lived for nearly seven decades.

Glenna Johnson Smith is back with her customary combination of sass, insight, and nostalgia in Return of Old Maine Woman—a collection of essays that sheds a wise light on the quandaries of growing up, being female, and getting older in the northern parts of the state.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-41-4 Essays, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 172 p.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-30-7 Essays, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 168 p.

The Cows are Out!

Jackson recounts her experiences with her game warden husband, Dave, during the 1930s. She writes of hunting, fishing, campfire cooking, and the sounds of the wilderness through the seasons. She also visits the trappers, fishermen, and woodsmen with whom she shared the wilderness.

Price writes of the daily trials of haying, cow breeding, and milking against a backdrop of gentle and entertaining rural life. She introduces eccentric neighbors, visiting city folk, and loveable pets. This is a tribute to family farmers and to an important part of New England’s heritage.

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-0-976323-19-8 Nonfiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 216 p.

By Glenna Johnson Smith

By Glenna Johnson Smith

My Life in the Maine Woods

By Annette Jackson

Return of Old Maine Woman

Old Maine Woman

By Helen Hamlin

By Trudy Chambers Price

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-0-967166-29-2 Memoir, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 250 p.

Shoutin’ Into the Fog Growing up on Maine’s Ragged Edge

By Thomas Hanna

Drawing on insight gleaned from his 80 years, Hanna’s memoir is written with sensitivity, humor, and subtle emotion about a hardscrabble way of life, old-time Maine, and the meaning of both family and forgiveness. His personal tale casts an honest light not only on his own family, but helps illuminate a way of life common to the coast in the 1920s and 1930s.

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-0-976323-18-1 Memoir, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 306 p.

How to Cook a Moose

By Kate Christensen

In her new memoir, bestselling author Kate Christensen explores cooking at the end of the world, both geographically and metaphorically.

Journey with her as she traces the histories of ingredients native to the region and explores what it’s like to live, love, and cook on the edge.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-47-6 Nonfiction/Memoir, softcover, 6 x 9, 298 p.

U.S. $24.95 / CAN $26.95 (Hardcover) ISBN: 978-1-939017-73-4 Nonfiction/Memoir, hardcover, 6 x 9, 298 p.

Winner, 2016 Maine Literary Award for Memoir

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NONFICTION | Outdoors

Ghost Buck

Where Cool Waters Flow

By Dean Bennett

By Randy Spencer

In Ghost Buck, Dean Bennett reflects on his family’s experiences at their hunting camp––Camp Sheepskin. As he recalls hunting triumphs and defeats, Bennett explores the erosion of public land use, the degradation of the environment, and the changing rural culture of the Maine woods since the 1800s.

Master Maine Guide Randy Spencer knows the lakes, streams, and woodlands around Grand Lake Stream, Maine, like few others. He has learned the ways of the old Maine Guides and takes you on adventures as only an insider can.

The Legacy of One Man’s Family and its Hunting Traditions

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-66-6 Nonfiction/outdoors, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 246 p.

Four Seasons with a Master Maine Guide

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-28-5 Nonfiction/outdoors, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 330 p.

Winner, 2016 John N. Cole Maine Literary Award

A life lived outdoorS Reflections of a Maine Sportsman

GeorGe Smith

A Life Lived Outdoors

Tales from Misery Ridge

Birds of a Feather

There’s something for everyone in A Life Lived Outdoors, a collection of essays about home and camp, family and friends, life in rural Maine, hunting and fishing, and other outdoor fun. Smith celebrates approaching life with humility and humor—plus a passion for adventure.

Paul J. Fournier writes about his experiences and adventures in Maine’s great North Woods and beyond. Readers will soar with him on his first solo flight, see how a master builder makes Fournier’s dream canoe, and take part in a historic mission to transplant caribou from Newfoundland to Maine.

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-59-9 Nonfiction/outdoors, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 216 p.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-60-5 Nonfiction/outdoors, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 206 p.

Maine guide, bush pilot, journalist, and professional photographer Paul J. Fournier spins stories of the wild outdoors. His stories find their unity in the author’s humor, authority, and love of his subjects: Maine and its wild and civilized inhabitants, whether they climb, slink, swim, fly—or walk on two feet.

By George Smith

By Paul J. Fournier

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By Paul J. Fournier

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-04-8 Nonfiction/outdoors, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 252 p.

NONFICTION | Outdoors

Suddenly, the Cider Didn’t Taste So Good

This Cider Still Tastes Funny!

Retired game warden and sheriff John Ford is a gifted storyteller and his book, Suddenly, the Cider Didn’t Taste So Good, is a collection of true tales, both humorous and serious, from the trenches of law enforcement, as well as heartwarming stories of rescuing hurt or abandoned animals.

John Ford is back with more stories and his trademark mix of serious, hilarious, and often self-deprecating tales of his adventures as a Maine game warden. These are wonderful, and more importantly, genuine, stories.

By John Ford Sr.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-94-0 Nonfiction/outdoors, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 208 p.

Leave Some for Seed

By Tom Hennessey

With words and pen-and-ink illustration, Tom Hennessey renders the charm, beauty, and attraction of the outdoorsman’s life, while recounting tales from his own hunting and fishing adventures. This book will enthrall sportsmen (and dog owners) of all ages, as well as those in generations to come. This book will appeal to both nature-lovers and sportsmen with its appreciation for the subtle graces of the natural world and the reverence it holds for the sporting life.

U.S. $24.95 / CAN $26.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-32-1 Nonfiction, hardcover (DJ), 10 x 8, 136 p.

By John Ford Sr.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-46-9 Nonfiction/outdoors, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 254 p.

Backtrack

By V. Paul Reynolds An avid outdoorsman, sportsman, editor, and award-winning journalist journeys back along the path of his life to share with readers many of his outdoor experiences. He was introduced to the outdoors by his father and soon learned how the outdoors could bestow both the love of nature and the joy of friendship.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-64-3 Nonfiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 264 p.

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HUMOR

Laugh with John McDonald The family-friendly traditional stories by John McDonald, a columnist, radio personality, and professional storyteller, strike a chord with readers looking for a good laugh.

A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar

by John McDonald

McDonald’s now-classic collection of Maine stories was one of our first books—and one of our most successful, paving the way for both Down the Road A Piece and Maine Trivia. Featuring stories like “She’s Up on the Roof and She Won’t Come Down,” this collection will keep you up late laughing.

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-37-7 Humor, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 200 p.

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Storyteller John McDonald delivers a mix of educational and hilarious fun facts about the Pine Tree State, including, of course, more than a few wicked funny stories. This humorous book also features illustrations by Mark Scott Ricketts that add extra spice to the salty tales.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-73-5 Humor, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 144 p.

Down the Road a Piece A Storyteller’s Guide to Maine

Ain’t He Some Funny (CD) The Best of John McDonald

McDonald’s “guidebook” offers tips to tourists and tries to help them better “understand” the glorious state of Maine, touching on its rich history, its variable weather, and its unique vocabulary. But this book is not just for flatlanders, it’s also great for natives and anyone else looking to laugh.

Culling from his years of Maine storytelling and from his two wildy popular books, A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar and Down the Road a Piece: A Storyteller’s Guide to Maine, humorist John McDonald has selected and presented his best work for this hilarious CD.

by John McDonald

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-0-9763231-3-6 Humor, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 158 p.

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U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 1-934031-02-X CD, Classic Downeast Humor

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Finding Your Inner Moose

By Susan Poulin Ida LeClair is a newly minted “Certified Maine Life Guide” who just wants to help. Through her hilarious alter-ego, Susan Poulin offers practical and humorous advice on relationships, physical fitness, stress, housecleaning, work, shopping, fun, and more.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-91-9 Humor/Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 172 p.

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Father Fell Down the Well is a wonderful collection of traditional Downeast stories that were collected and performed by Kendall Morse during a career of performing in Maine and across America.

U.S. $14.95 / CAN $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-21-5 Humor, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 124 p.

Huntin’ and Fishin’ with the Ole Man

by Dave O’Connor

A beloved collection of funny fictional essays about hunting and fishing. The Islandport edition includes all-new material and introduces all the fun and characters to a wide audience.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-56-7 Fiction/humor, softco

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-95-6 Humor/Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 200 p.

Thoughts of an Average Joe

By Brian Daniels

Joe Wright is a middle-aged, thickaround-the middle everyman trying to make sense of the modern world.

Joe, the alter-ego of author Brian Daniels, offers his thoughts on pertinent issues in essays like “I’m Not Ready for the Wireless World” and “Poachers Are Not Hunters.”

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-26-0 Humor/Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 208 p.

Welcome to Frost Heaves

Live Free and Eat Pie!

Fred Marple, the Garrison Keillor of New Hampshire, takes his readers on a delightful romp through the imaginary, but oh-so-familiar New England town of Frost Heaves.

Winner of a “Best of NH” award, Welcome to Frost Heaves has been called “more fun than the time Elmer Cratchet put the live lobster in the punch bowl at the church supper.”

Who doesn’t like pie? Who doesn’t like to laugh? Who doesn’t like Becky Rule? They all come together in this hilarious guide to the Granite State. Becky, a very popular New Hampshire storyteller, tells about the state’s history, culture, climate, attractions, and more.

By Rebecca Rule

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-17-9 Humor, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5,184 p.

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-44-5 Humor, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 252 p.

By Fred Marple

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-17-8 Humor, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 170 p.

By Rebecca Rule

Headin’ for the Rhubarb!

New Hampshire storyteller Rebecca Rule knows how to speak and understand the local language and she shares that knowledge to help visitors, transplants, and natives alike make sense of the state’s unique vernacular and pronunciations.

Best of New Hampshire Award

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HUMOR The Best of Bert and I

“You can’t get they-ah from he-ah.”

By Dodge and Bryan

This CD features routines from the four original Bert and I CDs, plus stories from Bert and I On Stage and The Downeast Smile-In TV show featuring Marshall Dodge. All 34 tracks have been digitally remastered for clarity to better capture the iconic brilliance of Dodge and Bryan.

—Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-05-6 1 audio CD, Maine Humor

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The iconic “Bert and I” stories were written by Yale students Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan in the late 1950s and performed around campus.

The two amateur storytellers soon recorded a short 10-inch album of 11 stories for friends and family, but ultimately pressed just a few hundred.

However, their popularity prompted them in 1958 to record and release Bert and I … And Other Stories from Down East, considered the seminal commercial album of New England humor and storytelling. The structure, cadence, and tone they mastered established the blueprint for all who followed, while material from their stories became a part of popular culture (think: You can’t get they-ah from he-ah). Together, the duo recorded four original albums, and Dodge emerged as the premier live performer of his generation. Dodge and Bryan’s influence on storytelling and Down East humor remains unmatched, and their legacy lives on around the campfires and on stages across New England.

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Dodge and Robert Bryan in the late 1950s and performed around campus.

The two amateur storytellers soon recorded a short 10-inch album of 11 stories for friends and family, but ultimately pressed just a few hundred.

However, their popularity prompted them in 1958 to record and release Bert and I … And Other Stories from Down East, considered the seminal commercial album of New England humor and storytelling. The structure, cadence, and tone they mastered established the blueprint for all who followed, while material from their stories became a part of popular culture (think: You can’t get they-ah from he-ah). Together, the duo recorded four original albums, and Dodge emerged as the premier live performer of his generation. Dodge and Bryan’s influence on storytelling and Down East humor remains unmatched, and their legacy lives on around the campfires and on stages across New England.

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More than 50 years after its release, this milestone album has been digitally remastered for a special CD edition, which includes three bonus stories taken from the private 10-inch record that preceded the first commercial record.

Following the success of their first album, Dodge and Bryan released More Bert and I in early 1960s. The album featured 14 more stories, including the title track as well as “Tin Roof,” “The Return of Virgil,” and “The Plane Ride.”

U.S. $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-26-1 1 audio CD, Maine Humor

U.S. $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-28-5 1 audio CD, Maine Humor

By Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan

Bert and I ...The Book features more than sixty classic stories from BERT and I the legendary storytellers Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan, the godfathers of Down East humor, who together created the nowiconic “Bert and I” stories starting in the 1950s. The characters everyone loves and remembers are all here: Bert and his fellow fisherman known only as “I”, Gagnon, World Champion Moose Caller,Virgil Bliss, the dirtiest man in Hancock County, Arnold Bunker, Kenneth Fowler, Camden Pierce, Harry Whitfield, and many more. The stories in this book are drawn from five “Bert and I” albums recorded over nearly two decades, including the seminal Bert and I ... And Other Stories from Down East, perhaps the most important comedy album in New England history. Bert and I ...The Book also includes the first complete “Bert and I” discography, including original album art and liner notes, as well as an introduction by Rebecca Rule, a New Hampshire author and storyteller (Live Free and Eat Pie!, Headin’ for the Rhubarb!) who writes and performs stories in the grand tradition of “Bert and I.”

The iconic “Bert and I” stories were written by Yale students Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan in the late 1950s and performed around campus.

The two amateur storytellers soon recorded a short 10-inch album of 11 stories for friends and family, but ultimately pressed just a few hundred.

However, their popularity prompted them in 1958 to record and release Bert and I … And Other Stories from Down East, considered the seminal commercial album of New England humor and storytelling. The structure, cadence, and tone they mastered established the blueprint for all who followed, while material from their stories became a part of popular culture (think: You can’t get they-ah from he-ah). Together, the duo recorded four original albums, and Dodge emerged as the premier live performer of his generation. Dodge and Bryan’s influence on storytelling and Down East humor remains unmatched, and their legacy lives on around the campfires and on stages across New England.

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THE RETURN OF

BERT and I

By Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan

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U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-37-7 Humor, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 140 p.

The Return of Bert and I

By Dodge and Bryan

After roughly a decade, Dodge and Bryan released their third original comedy album, The Return of Bert and I. This album featured 13 stories, including some “Bert and I” classics, such as “Directions,” “Gagnon, World Champion Moose Caller,” and “The Stove with the Powerful Draft.”

U.S. $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-29-2 1 audio CD, Maine Humor

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Bert and I. . . On Stage

By Marshall Dodge

This wonderful CD captures the magic of a Marshall Dodge live performance. Originally recorded in 1977, all tracks have been digitally remastered for improved quality.

Stories include “Set ’er Again” and “One Heckuva Draft.”

U.S. $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-11-7 1 audio CD, Maine Humor

HISTORY Forever Yours, Bar Harbor

By Earl Brechlin

Return to the Golden Age of Bar Harbor through these historic postcard images and accompanying captions curated by author Earl Brechlin. This book captures the turnof-the century glamour and history of the region, including Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.

U.S. $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-42-0 Nostalgia/History/Gift, softcover, 5.5 x 7, 122 p.

A Maine Summer Island

The Story of Mount Desert Island

Here for Generations

By Samuel Eliot Morison

By Dean Lunt

Bustins Island lies just offshore from the bustle of the tourist mecca of Freeport. Carr, a longtime Bustins summer resident, takes readers from the island’s beginnings as a farming community and a stop for fishermen through its days as a yearround community to its transformation into a summer colony.

The Story of Mount Desert Island, by Pulitzer Prizewinning historian Samuel Eliot Morison, is part tribute to the glories and beauty of a place and part history of its people who could be “fisherman, sailor, farmer, lumberman, shipwright, and quarryman rolled into one, and master of all.”

Here for Generations:The Story of a Maine Bank and its City tells the remarkable tale of a town and a bank that have moved in concert for 150 years. The book captures their sweeping history through triumph and tragedy and brings to life the fascinating people and events that have shaped their journey.

By F. Benjamin Carr

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-15-5 Nonfiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 172 p.

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-01-8 Nonfiction/History, softcover, 6 x 9, 116 p.

U.S. $24.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-07-0 Nonfiction/History, hardcover, 6 x 9, 362 p.

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FICTION

Closer All the Time

By Jim Nichols

The residents of Baxter, Maine are going nowhere fast—but not for lack of trying. In this artfully written jewel of a novel, award-winning author Jim Nichols strings together the bittersweet stories of people bound by shared geography and the insular nature of small-town life. The cast of characters includes Johnny Lunden, a well-meaning war veteran with a penchant for the local bar; eight-year-old Ted Soule, who shares a first kiss with the Ophelia-like Nadia, the daughter of his Russian neighbors; and Tomi Lambert, who watches the confused adults around her struggle to accept their fates. With the coastal waters of Maine serving as a backdrop, Nichols explores the nature of connection— hoped for, missed, lost, and found. This novel delivers quick-moving, compelling storytelling with a lasting emotional wallop.You’ll devour it in one sitting, but these characters are sure to linger around the edges of your day like memories of old friends and lost loves.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-67-4 Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8, 208 p.

WINNER, 2016 MAINE LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION

Pink Chimneys

Abbott’s Reach

The Havener Sisters

Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Bangor, when it was the lumber capital of the world, Hamlin tells the stories of three women brought together by the infamous brothel called Pink Chimneys. In order to survive, they must form unlikely alliances and discover the strength to overcome the odds in a culture that tries–– and fails––to limit their potential.

Set in nineteenth century Maine, Abbott’s Reach is the story of a headstrong woman setting sail on her honeymoon voyage with her sea captain husband. Adventure punctuates their travels between Maine and Hawaii. This gripping novel is the sequel to Pink Chimneys, a Maine classic centered around a notorious Bangor brothel.

The Havener Sisters follows Abbott’s Reach and Pink Chimneys in Ardeana Hamlin’s collection of novels set in nineteenth century Maine. The story follows the Havener triplets as an unexpected economic crisis gives them a new perspective on their aging lives. The Havener Sisters tells the story of three women who think they have left their best days behind them, only to find that the opposite is true.

This well-researched novel will transport readers back in time to the dawn of suffrage and the industrial age in the Northeast.

By Ardeana Hamlin

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-00-1 Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 220 p.

By Ardeana Hamlin

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-42-1 Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 292 p.

By Ardeana Hamlin

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-85-7 Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 300 p.

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FICTION NEW

Mapping Murder

Stealing History

Breaking Ground

Strangers on the Beach

Somebody is stealing the Ryland Historical Society’s antique maps.

Director and security expert Julie Williamson is intrigued but distracted as she plans her long-awaited wedding. However, when a colleague winds up dead, Williamson is pulled into a conundrum that might not have such a happily-ever-after ending.

Stealing History is a murder mystery based around a historical society in western Maine. The book weaves details of small-town life, delightful characters, and history into a suspenseful tale that keeps you guessing up until the last page.

A well-known benefactor is murdered just as the town is set to celebrate construction of an important new building. Julie Williamson, the historical society’s puzzle-loving director from Stealing History, works to solve the murder.

U.S. $15.95 / CAN $17.95 ISBN: 978-0-9763231-7-4 Fiction/Mystery, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 218 p.

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-38-4 Fiction/Mystery, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 272 p.

Billionaire Ferdinand Sevigny lands in Maine after his latest stunt— attempting to sail around the world blindfolded—goes awry. Despite mounting evidence, Sevigny refuses to admit that foul play was involved. As more people become entangled in the mystery, they find themselves forced to make decisions that may define them forever.

By William D. Andrews

By William D. Andrews

By William D. Andrews

U.S. $16.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-98-7 Fiction/Mystery, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 200 p.

By Josh Pahigian

U.S. $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-83-4 Fiction, hardcover (DJ), 6 x 9, 282 p.

the contest James Hurley

Mary Peters

Contentment Cove

By Miriam Colwell

By James Hurley

The Contest

Young

Follow the life of the strong and independent Mary Peters, from her adventurous life at sea with her family at age nine to her later years as she comes to terms with the hometown that is almost unrecognizable from the vibrant seafaring town it was when she left.

Islandport Press also has the other two books in this series, Silas Crockett and Windswept.

Contentment Cove is a riveting story of class distinctions in a 1950s Down East village during a time of cultural change. Though the book is infused with humor, it also deals with serious issues that remain relevant today, none more compelling than the erosion of one way of Maine life and the evolution of another.

The Contest is a deftly interwoven tale that explores the camaraderie and sportsmanship among anglers.

In this skillful tale, author James Hurley challenges the wisdom of chasing perfection, encouraging the reader instead to revel in life’s most important moments, however brief or passing.

Young is a lively and moving novel of one young woman’s restlessness and struggle with life in a small Maine coastal town during the 1950s.

Timeless themes still resonate as Evelyn, graduates and confronts the question: What is she going to do with her life?

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-04-9 Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 212 p.

U.S. $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-10-9 Fiction, hardcover (DJ), 6 x 9, 250 p.

Written by Mary Ellen Chase

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-0-9763231-5-0 Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 314 p.

By Miriam Colwell

U.S. $15.95 ISBN: 978-1-934031-16-2 Fiction, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 184 p.

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FICTION

The Jack McMorrow Mysteries by Gerry Boyle

Straw Man

Boyle takes his readers into territory all-too familiar from the daily headlines: illegal gun sales, culture clashes between old and new, cyberbullying, and the random acts of violence that pose a real threat to even the closest of communities.

Once Burned

Jack must untangle the uglier side of love and loyalty when arson targets a nearby town.

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-91-8 Fiction/Crime, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 413 p.

A growing local drug trade forces Jack to tangle with rural hippies, brutal drug dealers, and county fair cronies.

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-54-3 Fiction/Crime, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 396 p.

When murder visits the seemingly sleepy town of Androscoggin, Maine, it lands in the lap of veteran crime reporter Jack McMorrow, a recent transplant from New York City.

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-06-2 Fiction/Crime, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 360 p.

HARDCOVER U.S. $24.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-93-2 Fiction/Crime, 6 x 9, 336 p.

Potshot

Deadline

Borderline

Jack McMorrow tracks a missing tourist across state lines into a world of mistaken identities, traitorous dealings, and a dangerous hunt for a man no one seems to know much about.

U.S. $16.95 SBN: 978-1-0939017-79-6 Fiction/Crime, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 335 p.

Cover Story

Jack McMorrow returns to the Big Apple and immediately finds himself covering the story of a lifetime: Who killed the mayor of New York?

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-77-2 Fiction/Crime, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 398 p.

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Bloodline

Lifeline

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-45-1 Fiction/Crime, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 360 p.

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-52-9 Fiction/Crime, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 392 p.

A girl is murdered and McMorrow’s investigation places him squarely in the killer’s sights.

Pretty Dead

Jack McMorrow investigates the murder of a woman with ties to a wealthy and prominent Boston family—a family who just might have buried their dirty secrets with the victim.

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1- 944762-04-9 Fiction/Crime, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 295 p.

Jack McMorrow falls into a domestic-abuse case and a personal crisis that will test what kind of man he really is.

Home Body

Jack McMorrow follows a runaway teenager into a world where truth is only the best lie told, and only the guilty can be counted on to survive.

U.S. $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-01-8 Fiction/Crime, softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 350 p.

GIFTS

the

EssEntial

GeorGe Danby

The Essential Danby

Full Service

By George Danby

Notes From the Rearview Mirror

For more than 40 years, the keen eye and razor-sharp wit of editorial cartoonist George Danby has given every stripe of politician something to cringe about. In the more than 25,000 cartoons he has drawn, Danby has used humor to expose the truth behind the spin. In The Essential Danby, Danby takes the reader through his own evolution.

By David Hill

U.S. $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-07-9 Humor/cartoons, hardcover (DJ), 9.5 x 8.5, 208 p.

Coloring Maine

By Blue Butterfield

Woodblock prints by artist Blue Butterfield make for a welcome and uncommon entry in the coloring book market. The artist’s hand-carved lines allow colorers to bring more of their own artistic interpretations to the page and create an original piece of art. Butterfield’s prints capture the beauty of Maine’s varied landscapes, from Acadia to Katahdin, from inland ponds to brick-lined streets, from swimming holes to the rugged coast.

Featuring images of all four seasons, this coloring book will delight young artists and adult colorers alike.

U.S. $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-944762-06-3 Coloring Book, softcover, 9 x 9, all ages, 96 p.

Full Service features images of the forgotten age of classic automobiles: antique cars rusting in forests and fields, roadhouses, and gas stations where full service was the rule. The true stories, both written and visual, will evoke nostalgia as Hill recounts childhood memories and the circumstances of finding these cars that, with their classic design, still have plenty of beauty left.

U.S. $18.95 / CAN $20.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-75-8 Photography, softcover, 10 x 8, 128 p.

Christmas in Maine

Written by Robert P. Tristram Coffin Illustrated by Blue Butterfield Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert P. Tristram Coffin was born in Brunswick, Maine and taught at Bowdoin College. His 1941 depiction of the perfect Maine Christmas describes a house stuffed with aunts, uncles, and cousins by the cartload with mince pies by the legion. He brings to life a bouncy afternoon sled ride, popcorn strung for the tree, and tales told by firelight at the drowsy end of a perfect day. Coffin’s classic ode to Christmas is paired with beautiful woodblock prints by Blue Butterfield. This special edition is sure to become a book to read aloud year after year to remind ourselves of the true meaning of holiday traditions.

U.S. $17.95 / CAN $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-939017-76-5 Picture Book, hardcover (DJ), 8 x 10, all ages, 32 p.

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