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That Yankee Cat: The Maine Coon מאת Marilis Hornidge "Do Maine Coon cats have snowshoe feet?" "What ever happened to rust-colored Coon cats?" "Are Coon cats related to raccoons?" "But really, what is a Maine Coon cat?" With humor and wisdom, Marilis Hornidge has answered these and other oddly difficult questions in That Yankee Cat, the best refere...

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When the Bees Fly Home מאת Andrea Cheng "With magical pictures and a captivating story, When The Bees Fly Home tells of a family learning to celebrate two very different sons. It's a book that will help families have lively, positive discussions about gender and differences. Alongside the story are fascinating bee facts, offering a place ...

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Thanks To The Animals מאת Allen Sockabasin Little Zoo Sap and his family are moving from their summer home on the coast to the deep woods for the winter, traveling on a big bobsled pulled by big horses. When Zoo Sap falls off of the sled unnoticed, the forest animals hear his cries and come to shelter him—everyone from the tiny mouse to th...

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Life Between the Tides: Marine Plants and Animals of the Northeast מאת Les Watling Maybe you simply enjoy walking along the beach, searching the wrack line and exploring tidepools. Or you fish or hunt in salt marshes and estuaries and are interested in all that surrounds you. Perhaps you’re involved in a closer look as an educator or volunteer along the coast. Here’...

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Our Friendship Rules מאת Peggy Moss Alexandra and Jenny have been best friends for a long time. But when Alexandra is momentarily dazzled by the glamour of a new girl at school, she's willing to do almost anything to get to be the cool girl's friend. Ultimately, she tells Jenny's biggest, most important secret--and just like t...

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Continental Liar from the State of Maine: James G. Blaine מאת Neil Rolde In 1884 Republican James G. Blaine came within 1,047 votes of becoming the President of the United States. This was the margin by which he lost New York State—and thus the election—to Grover Cleveland in what has been called "the dirtiest campaign in American history." Yet his career—arguably ...

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In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine מאת Donna M. Loring Maine is the only state in the nation to have tribal representatives seated in its legislative body, a practice that began in the 1820s. Although the representatives from the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe don't have voting power on the house floor, they serve on committees and may cha...

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The Cranberry: Hard Work and Holiday Sauce מאת Stephen Cole Transformed from a wild fruit to a cultivated commodity, the American cranberry contains equal amounts of holiday symbolism and antioxidants. Its evolution over the past century is a surprising story of risk, enterprise, conflict, and the tension between tradition and innovation. The cranberry is ch...

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Say Something מאת Peggy Moss At this school, there are some children who push and tease and bully. Sometimes they hurt other kids by just ignoring them. The girl in this story sees it happening, but she would never do these mean things herself. Then one day something happens that shows her that being a silent bystander isn't...

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Amadi's Snowman מאת Katia Novet Saint-lot Why does Amadi's mother insist he learn to read words when he is going to be a great businessman? Why should an Igbo man of Nigeria waste precious time on books, anyway? When Amadi disobeys his mother and runs off to the market instead of sticking around for a reading lesson, he encounters a much-ad...

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New Mainers: Portraits of Our Immigrant Neighbors מאת Pat Nyhan Who are these new Mainers, and why have they come here? They are from war-torn countries such as Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Cambodia; from poor Latin American nations; and from economically vibrant places like Hong Kong, India, and Europe--in other words, from across the global spectrum. They ...

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Remarkable Americans: The Washburn Family מאת Kelsey Kerck Ten remarkable children grew up on a simple farm in remote Livermore, Maine. Four were elected and reelected to the U.S. Congress from four different states. Two of the four would later be separately considered for Republican nomination for president and vice president of the country. Two were ambas...

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Unsettled Past, Unsettled Future: The Story of Maine Indians מאת Neil Rolde The headlines have been full of controversy over casinos, racinos, land claims settlements, and sovereign rights for Native Americans in Maine—and it’s likely that we’ll be talking about these complex issues for some time yet. A capable historian with an enjoyable narrative style, Neil Rolde p...

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Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils: A Hands-On Resource for Teachers מאת Elizabeth Patten Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils invites you and your students to discover where food comes from, how our bodies use food, and what happens to food waste. You’ll participate in the ecological cycle of food production > compost formation > recycling back to the soil, while helping children understa...

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The Goat Lady מאת Jane Bregoli

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Bear-ly There מאת Rebekah Raye What do you do when there's a bear in your backyard? A big black bear shows up one moonlit night and creates a real ruckus, first breaking into the shed where the grain is kept for the geese (who aren't too happy about it), then raiding the bird feeders. The bear is also causing problems at other ho...

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North by Northeast: Wabanaki, Akwesasne Mohawk, and Tuscarora Traditional Arts מאת Kathleen Mundell For generations, Native American traditional artists in the Northeast have passed on their culture through beadwork, basketry, canoe making, wood carving, and quilting. Through the work and words of over thirty-five traditional artists living and working primarily in Maine and New York, North by Nor...

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The Wood and Canvas Canoe: A Complete Guide to Its History, Construction, Restoration, and Maintenance מאת Jerry Stelmok This rich history begins with the birchbark canoe, follows the turn-of-the-century canoe craze when builders such as Eve Gerrish, E. M. White, B. N. Morris, and others perfected the art of the wood-and-canvas canoe, then takes us step by step through the construction of an E. M. White-designed 18-fo...

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The Goat Lady (Aspca Henry Bergh Children's Book Awards (Awards)) מאת Jane Bregoli

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Maine in the World: Stories of Some of Those from Here Who Went Away מאת Neil Rolde From its earliest beginnings, the land that became Maine produced adventurous inhabitants who went outside its boundaries to do interesting things that sometimes made them famous or even infamous. The inspiration for this book came from the tiny Pacific island of Kosrae in Micronesia, where Brewer n...

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Always My Brother מאת Jean Reagan Becky and her brother John were best buddies, telling jokes, caring for their dog Toby together, and playing soccer. John was always there to cheer her up and help her out--until he died. Becky wishes everything could go back to the way it was. When she is surprised and feels guilty about enjoying a...

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Opening Day מאת Susan Bartlett Sam's best friend Eric loves to hunt. His whole family hunts--even his mom and grandma! But Sam's mom is a vegetarian, and his dad prefers to buy his meat at the supermarket. Sam wants to make up his own mind, and with his parent's support he works hard to get his hunting license so he can j...

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Live Yankees: The Sewalls and Their Ships מאת W. H. Bunting For nearly a century members of the Sewall family built and managed a fleet of more than one hundred merchant vessels, mostly stout deepwater square-riggers. No family has been more intimately associated with the history of the city of Bath, then among the most productive shipbuilding communities of...

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Maine's Visible Black History: The First Chronicle of Its People מאת Gerald E. Talbot Black men and women have been integral parts of Maine culture and society since the beginning of the colonial era. Indeed, Mainers of African descent served in every American conflict from the King Philip's War to the present. However, the many contributions of blacks in shaping Maine and the nation...

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Wilderness Partners: Buzz Caverly and Baxter State Park מאת Phyllis Austin Buzz Caverly first joined the ranger staff at Baxter State Park in 1960, when the new park was just taking shape under the direction of Helon Taylor and the park's donor, Percival Baxter, who wished the park to be "forever wild." Caverly's legendary career in the park--one of the most unusual wilder...

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Under the Night Sky מאת Amy Lundebrek Winter has a special beauty for those living in northern climates--even for those who live in cities. And winter nights can provide the most spectacular sights of all! To her son's great surprise, a working, single mom breaks her routine one night and rushes her son downstairs to join their neighbor...

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In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop מאת Steve Kowit An illuminating and invaluable guide for beginners wary of modern poetry, as well as for more advanced students who want to sharpen their craft and write poems that expand their technical skills, excite their imaginations, and engage their deepest memories and concerns. Ideal for teachers who have b...

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Give a Goat מאת Jan West Schrock Can reading a picture book in class end up making a difference to a family that lives on a different continent? And what does a goat have to do with it? Some people think philanthropy is only for big foundations with lots of money, but that's only one part of the picture. In this true story, r...

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Just for Elephants מאת Carol Buckley Most elephants in America live in circuses and zoos, and their lives are very different from what they would be in the wild. But there's a very special place in Tennessee called the Elephant Sanctuary, where elephants can finally have the freedom to roam and have elephant friends. Why do elephants c...

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Remember Me: Tomah Joseph's Gift to Franklin Roosevelt מאת Donald Soctomah Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the man who would become the thirty-second president of the United States, joyfuly spent his boyhood summers on Campobello Island. IThere that he met Tomah Joseph, a Passamaquoddy elder and former chief who made his living as a guide, birchbark canoe builder, and basketmak...

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Say Something מאת Peggy Moss At this school, there are some children who push and tease and bully. Sometimes they hurt other kids by just ignoring them. The girl in this story sees it happening, but she would never do these mean things herself. Then one day something happens that shows her that being a silent bystander isn't...

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While You're Here Doc: Farmyard Adventures of a Maine Veterinarian מאת Bradford B. Brown Veterinarian Brad Brown never knew what to expect when he was called out to a farm to deal with a sick cow or an injured horse. Invariably the cash-strapped farmer would say, "While you’re here, Doc" and rattle off a list of surprise medical chores that weren’t part of the original call. But whe...

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Shy Mama's Halloween מאת Broyles Anne For Anya, Dasha, Irina, and Dimitrii, newly arrived to this country, Halloween seems a wonderfully strange and exciting holiday. They enlist Mrs. Rumanski and her midnight-blue Singer sewing machine in the apartment upstairs to help with their costumes, and Papa agrees to take them out trick-or-t...

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Muskrat Will Be Swimming מאת Cheryl Savageau This is a quiet tale of a Native American girl who, with gentle guidance from her grandfather, learns to find strength, not fear, in her identity as a Native person living in an Anglo society. Beautifully illustrated and complete with a Seneca creation story, Muskrat Will Be Swimming demonstrates ho...

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A Coastal Companion: A Gulf of Maine Almanac, from Canada to Cape Cod מאת Catherine Schmitt A Coastal Companion is a journey through the year in the Gulf of Maine and its watershed, which includes land from eastern Massachusetts to southwestern Nova Scotia. A chronicle of changes through the seasons both above and within the sea, A Coastal Companion follows the arrival and departure of m...

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The Very Best Bed מאת Rebekah Raye A bushy gray squirrel is ready for bed, but where will he sleep tonight? He finds a cozy den, but a big black bear is already sleeping there. On his way up a tree, he sees a family of bats, but sleeping upside down doesn't suit him. A beaver slaps his tail on the pond before he dives down to his bed...

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Talking Walls Margy Burns Knight

Talking Walls מאת Margy Burns Knight Attempts to dissolve cultural barriers and emphasize a sense of place by depicting different host children telling the histories of the walls in their communities. All ages....

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The Land in Between: The Upper St. John Valley, Prehistory to World War I מאת Beatrice Craig The "land in between" is the upper Saint John Valley, a region straddling the Maine-New Brunswick border. A zone of contacts between different Native American cultures until the arrival of the Europeans, it was disputed by the British and the French in the colonial period and settled by Acadians and...

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Backyard Maine: Local Essays מאת Edgar Allen Beem Edgar Allen Beem examines, muses about, scoffs at, reveals, and celebrates everyday life in Maine, from high school sports to high-priced homes, aging dogs to aging cars, politics to religion, underwear to naps, berry-picking to clam festivals, and much, much more. Most of these short, savvy essay...