Maine Writers & Books, Pre-1956
Bibliographical Note
These listings and annotations are taken directly from
the pamphlet "Through Maine on Printed Paths: A List of Maine Books for
Teachers and Pupils," compiled by the Division of Instruction, State Department of Education,
Augusta, ME, 1956. Mrs. Margaret Pattershall, state elementary supervisor,
and Mrs. Mary Davis assembled the material, which does not
appear to be copyrighted.
Keep in mind that most of these resources will be out of print but many are available
through second-hand book stores, historical societies, and libraries, especially the Maine
State Library.
- Amory, Cleveland. The Last Resorts: A Portrait of American
Society At Play. Harper, 1952. Bar Harbor in the 19th century.
- Anderson, Frank W. Bushed. Falmouth, 1954. Maine woods in the hunting season.
- Berry, Katherine camping Characteristics of Casco Bay. Falmouth, 1956. Enthusiastic recollections of Berry's summers in this region.
- Beston, Henry:
- Northern Farm. Rinehart, 1948. Description of the author's "Chimney Farm" near
Damariscotta Mills.
- White Pine and Blue Water. Farrar, 1950. Anthology of the
best in fact and fiction about Maine, from 17th-century writings to the
present. Enjoyable and valuable. Ages 12 and up.
- Blackington, Alton H.:
- Yankee Yarns. Dodd, 1954. Fact and legend.
- More Yankee Yarns. Dodd, 1956.
- Bragdon, Roger. Down-Easter. Falmouth, 1954. Plans in miniature of a famous square-rigger, the
Benjamin F. Packard
- Burroughs, Harry. Boys in Men's Shoes: A World of Working Children. Macmillan, 1944. Agassiz Village in Maine.
- Carroll, Gladys H. [All Macmillan publishing]:
- As The Earth Turns. 1953. Farm life in southern Maine.
- Dunnybrook. 1943. Fictional history and genealogy of Berwick.
- Few Foolish Ones. 1935. Four Maine families about 1870.
- One White Star. 1954.
- Chambers, Ada and Anna. Pod Run. Falmouth, 1956. Fact and fiction concerning Grand Lake Stream
in 1881 when it boasted the largest tannery in the world.
- Chase, Mary Ellen:
- Jonathan Fisher, Maine Parson. Macmillan, 1948. Blue Hill.
- Mary Peters. Macmillan, 1934. Life and adventure on the coast of Maine.
- Silas Crockett. Macmillan, 1935. Four-generation novel of a Maine
family that sailed the clipper ships.
- The White Gate. Norton, 1955. Recollections of childhood at Blue Hill.
- Windswept. Macmillan, 1941. Three generations of family life on the coast.
- Clough, Annie L. Head of the Bay. Elm Tree Press, 1953. Historical sketches of Blue Hill.
- Clough, Blanche C. Grandma Spins Down East Yarns. Tower, 1954. Autobiographical account of family life, country schools, and socials.
- Coatsworth, Elizabeth:
- Here I Stay. Coward, 1938.
- Maine Ways. Macmillan, 1945. Stories and anecdotes of the Maine way of life.
- Coffin, Robert P. Tristram:
- John Dawn. Macmillan, 1936.
- Kennebec: Cradle of Americans. Rinehart, 1937.
- Lost Paradise: A Boyhood on A Main Coast Farm. Macmillan, 1934.
- Maine Doings: Informal Essays. Dodd, 1950. Maine yesterday and today.
- Mainstays of Maine. Macmillan, 1944.
- Red Sky in the Morning. Macmillan, 1935.
- Thomas, Thomas -- Ancil Thomas. Macmillan, 1941.
- Yankee Coast. Macmillan, 1947.
- Colcord, Lincoln R. Instrument of the Gods. Macmillan, 1922. Nine stories
of the sea by a Maine man who was born and lived at sea on board his father's trading vessel.
- Cote, Gertrude M. As I Live and Dream. Falmouth, 1954. Author's account of her childhood in East Rumford and later family life.
- Cranshaw, Mabel. Homespun Yarns of Maine. Dorrance, 1942.
- Crockett, Vere. Designing Small Boats for Fun. Van Nostrand, 1954. Amateur boat-building by a Camden boat-builder.
- Cruickshank, Helen. Bird Islands Down East. Macmillan, 1941. Banding, watching, and photographing sea birds on Hog, Otter,
Monhegan, Little green, Maniticus, Old Man, and Machias Seal Islands.
- Davis, Owen. Icebound. Little, 1923. A comedy of Maine family life in Veazie. Pulitzer Prize Play 1923.
- Day, Holman F.:
- Leadbetter's Luck. Duffield, 1923. Lumbering in Misery Gore.
This is one of many novels with Maine background by this author.
- Up in Maine. Small, 1901. Stories of Yankee life told in verse.
- Eaton, Lewis W.:
- Pork, Molasses, and Timber. Whittlesey, 1954. Maine lumber camps and people.
- Salt Water, Fresh Water, and Fire Water. Blackmore, 1956. Author related the
adventures of his outdoor life in eastern Maine.
- Field, Rachel:
- God's Pocket. Macmillan, 1934. Adventure of Samuel Hadlock of Cranberry Isles, from his journal.
- Time Out of Mind. Macmillan, 1935. Four generations of shipbuilding family in Maine.
- Flint, Margaret [all by Dodd publishing]:
- Back O' The Mountain. 1940.
- Breakneck Brook. 1939.
- Deacon's Road. 1938.
- Down the Road A Piece. 1941.
- Enduring Riches. 1942.
- October Fires. 1941.
- That Old Ashburn Place. 1936. $10,000 prize novel.
- Foster, Elizabeth:
- The Islanders. Houghton, 1946. Family chronicle, building a house on a Rangeley Lake island.
- Singing Beach. Harper, 1941. Maine novel.
- Geagan, Bill:
- The Good Trail. Coward, 1952.
- Nature I Loved. Coward, 1952. Nature at Hermon Pond, by a Bangor sports writer.
- Gerson, Noel B. The Highwayman. Doubleday, 1956. Historical fiction at the time of the Pepperells.
- Gould, John:
- And One To Grow On. Morrow, 1949. Author's boyhood in Lisbon Falls where his family have lived for generations.
- Farmer Takes A Wife. Morrow, 1945.
- Fastest Hound Dog in the State of Maine. Morrow, 1945.
- House That Jacob Built. Morrow, 1947.
- Neither Hay Nor Grass. Morrow, 1951.
- New England Town Meeting - Safeguard of Democracy. Stephen Daye, 1940.
- Gould, Ralph:
- Yankee Boyhood: My Adventures on a Maine Farm 70 Years Ago. Norton, 1950. Homespun yarns.
- Yankee Drummer. Whittlesey, 1947.
- Yankee Storekeeper. Bantam, 1946.
- Graham, Elinor [all by Macmillan publishing]:
- Maine Charm String. 1946. In search of old buttons, the author meets interesting Maine people.
- My Window Looks Down East. 1951.
- Our Way Down East. 1943. Two young city people come to Maine determined to make a good
home at Flying Point on Casco Bay of the Freeport area. Historical facts and incidents.
- Griffiths, Thomas M. Maine Sources in House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Southworth, 1945.
- Groves, Lemuel R. Northern Lights. Luce, 1920. Experiences in Maine woods and lakes.
- Hallet, Richard. Foothold of Earth. Doubleday, 1944. A sailor returning from his war experiences uses his
influence to bring about peace in his Maine seacoast town.
- Hamlin, Helen:
- Nine Mile Bridge. Norton, 1945. Three years in the Maine woods by the author, first as
a school teacher, later as the wife of a Maine guide.
- Pine, Potatoes, and People. Norton, 1948. Informal anecdotes of Maine's great island empire.
- Hasenfus, Nathaniel. We Summer in Maine. Sagadahoc, 1946. Summers in Maine from boyhood to the present [1946].
- Henrichsen, Margaret. Seven Steeples. Houghton, 1953. A woman circuit minister in the Sullivan region.
- Hood, Margaret P. The Silent Women. Coward, 1954. A suspense tale on a Maine island.
- Hubbard, Charles D. Camping in New England. Falmouth, 1953. The author lived and painted on the banks of
the Kennebec near Hinckley.
- Hueston, Ethel. Coasting Down East. Dodd, 1924. Motor tour along Maine coast. Description, history, legend, and romance.
- Jackson, Annette. My Life in the Maine Woods. Norton, 1954. Game warden's wife in the Allagash country.
- Jewett, Sarah Orne. Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories. Doubleday, 1954.
Anchorage paper-covered edition. Introduction by Willa Cather. Other books by Miss Jewett, recognized as one of
Maine's outstanding literary figures, are: A Country Doctor,
Best Short Stories, Country By-Ways, Deep Haven,
King of Holly Island, Native of Winby, Old Friends
and New, The Queen's Twin, Strangers and Wayfarers,
Tory Lover, White Heron and Other Tales.
- Jones, Herbert G.:
- I Discover Maine. 1937.
- Isles of Casco Bay. 1946.
- Maine Memories. Harmon, 1940.
- Kimball, Marion R. The Pilgrim Way. Falmouth, 1954. Author's own family records,
diaries and letters provide the source of this historical account of the
upper Penobscot Valley from Lincoln to Millinocket.
- Leacock, Stephen B. American Humor Selected and Discussed. Doubleday, 1936. Includes chapter on
famous Maine humorists Ward,
Nye, Major Jack Downing.
- Loud, Ethel G. Turn the Clock Backward. Falmouth, 1952. Collection of stories about Bangor and eastern Maine.
- MacDonald, Evelyn W. The Turning Tide. McKay, 1956. Four generations of Maine shipbuilding family.
- MacDougall, Arthur R., Jr. Dud Dean and His Country. Coward, 1946. Collection of stories of hunting and fishing
in upper Kennebec County.
- MacKenzie, Gertrude, and Goode, Ruth. My Love Affair with the State of Maine. Simon & Schuster, 1955. Country storekeeping.
- Mayo, Eleanor R.:
- October Fire. Crowell, 1951. Maine village half destroyed by forest fire.
- Turn Home. Morrow, 1945. Returned veteran stands on his own merits in a Maine village.
- Miller, Olive T. With the Birds in Maine. Houghton, 1904.
- Mitchell, Edwin V.:
- Anchor to Windward. Coward, 1940. Experiences with the Sunbeam, Maine Seacoast Mission boat.
- Maine Summer . Coward, 1939. Entertaining sojourn along the Maine coast.
- It's An Old State of Maine Custom. Vanguard, 1949. American Customs Series. Pleasant book on
Maine's way of life.
- Moody, Ralph. The Fields of Home. Norton, 1954. Author's childhood spent on the Gould farm in Lisbon Falls.
- Moore, Ruth [all by Morrow publishing]:
- Candlemas Bay. 1951. Family life in a Maine coast town during 1947 and 1948.
- A Fair Wind Home. 1953. 18th-century New England coast -- the growing cities of 200 years ago. Pirate Ringgold.
- Speak To the Winds. 1956. Background of a Maine island where granite had been king.
- Spoonhandle. 1946. Motion picture title "Deep Waters."
- The Weir. 1943. Two families on a small island off the coast of Maine.
- Mosser, Marjorie. Good Maine Food. Doubleday, 1947. Collection of Maine recipes by the niece of Kenneth Roberts.
- Nye, Edgar W. (Bill Nye, pseud.). Letters Now in the University
of Wyoming Library Edited By Nixon O. Rush. Univ. of Wyoming Library, 1952.
- Ogilvie, Elizabeth:
- The Dawning of the Day. Crowell, 1954.
- The Ebbing Tide. Crowell, 1947.
- High Tide At Noon. Crowell, 1944.
- My World Is An Island. Whittlesey, 1950.
- Storm Tide. Crowell, 1945. Group of stories having a background
of Maine islands and characters.
- Paisley, Eva W. Sanctuary: Essays and Sketches. Dutton, 1940. Life in a cabin 22 miles from North Lovell.
- Paradise, Viola I. Tomorrow The Harvest. Morrow, 1952. Maine town life following American Revolution.
- Ranlett, L. Felix. Master Mariner of Maine: Being The Reminiscences of Charles
Everett Ranlett, 1816-1917. 1942.
- Rich, Louise Dickinson [all by Lippincott publishing]:
- Happy the Land. 1946.
- My Neck of the Woods. 1950.
- Only Parent. 1953.
- We Took To the Woods. 1942. Humorous incidents and
vivid descriptions of Rangeley Lake area.
- Richmond, Bernice:
- Our Island Lighthouse. Random, 1947. Summers of 1942-1944 at the author's lighthouse
home at Winter Harbor.
- Right As Rain: The Story of My Maine Grandmother. Random, 1946. Early 1900s in
Livermore Falls.
- Winter Harbor. Holt, 1943. The author's lighthouse home
off Winter Harbor.
- Roberts, Kenneth L. [all by Doubleday publishing]:
- Arundel. 1930. Arnold's expedition.
- Boon Island. 1955. Actual shipwreck in early Maine history.
- Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod. 1951. Maine game warden whose gift of water dousing led to fresh
water in Bermuda.
- Lively Lady. 1931. War of 1812. Features son of the hero of Arundel.
- March To Quebec. 1938. Journals of the members of Arnold's expeditions.
- Kenneth Roberts Reader. 1945. Selections from many of Roberts' books.
- Trending Into Maine. 1944. Account of the author's home state -- legends, history,
seafaring, and food.
- Shea, Margaret:
- Gals They Left Behind. Washburn, 1944. Letters to two service men from their wives -- their account of
running a small farm.
- Tavern in the Town. Washburn, 1948. Joy and pitfalls of running a tearoom in Salmon Falls, Maine.
- Shute, Alberta V. A Year and A Day Along Bond Brook. 1954. Author's observations of this Augusta brook.
- Sigel, Lola W. I Fell Among Farmers. Christopher, 1950. A Maine woman's efforts in farming on her Sabbatus farm.
- Sperry, Willard L. Summer Yesterdays in Maine. Harper, 1941. Illustrated by Ogunquit artist Charles H. Woodbury.
Reminiscences of a boyhood from 1885 to 1900.
- Stephens, Charles Asbury. My Folks in Maine. Old Squire Bookstore, 1934. Reminiscences of the editor of Youth's Companion.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe. The Pearl of Orr's Island. 1896.
"The most charming New England idyl ever written." -- John Greenleaf Whittier. The scene
is Orr's Island at Harpswell, by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Tarkington, Booth:
- Mary's Neck. Doubleday, 1932. Summer visitor at a Maine resort.
- Mirthful Haven. Doubleday, 1930. Maine fishing port and its summer visitors.
- Thoreau, Henry D.:
- Canoeing in the Wilderness. Houghton, new edition 1916.
- The Maine Woods. Norton, new edition 1950.
- Tobie, Charles R. Embers on the Hearth. Exposition, 1954. Trials and joys on the author's Maine farm.
- Wandell, Walt. Chips from the Granite. Falmouth, 1954. Collection of stories on a Maine coastal village.
- White, E. B.One Man's Meat. Harper, 1944.
- Williams, Ben Ames:
- Come Spring. Houghton, 1940. Novel based on the records of Union, Maine.
- Fraternity Village. Houghton, 1949. Short stories laid in the Searsmont area.
- Wilson, C. M.Aroostook: Our Last Frontier. Stephen Daye, 1937. Maine's picturesque potato empire.
- Wyman, Mary Alice, ed. Selections from the Autobiography of Elizabeth Oakes Smith. 1924. Wife of Seba Smith
(Major Jack Downing), author and lecturer.
- Young, Erma T. Yesterday and Today. Falmouth, 1954. The author's fond memories of her way of life in Oxford county.
- Young, Hazel. Islands of New England. Little, 1954. Coastal history, anecdotes, and recipes.
- Andler, Kenneth. The Stolen Spruce. Farrar, Straus, 1953. Mystery story of Maine background. Ages 12+.
- Averill, Gerald. Ridgerunner. Lippincott, 1948. Maine woodsman and game warden. Ages 14+.
- Baldwin, Sidney. Ben of Old Monhegan. Row, Peterson, 1933. Boy's life among the fishermen. Ages 12-15.
- Beale, Will. Binky: The Undersea Rover. Lothrop, 1955. Generous amount of information about fishing and sea life. Ages 10-14.
- Beim, Lorraine. Just Plain Maggie. Harcourt, 1951. Scene: Girls' camp in Maine. Ages 9-12.
- Bragdon, Elspeth. Fairing Weather. Viking, 1955. Lighthouse keeper's daughter on a Maine island. Ages 6-9.
- Brown, Margaret Wise:
- Christmas in the Barn. Crowell, 1953. A nativity story with a New England background by
the author who summered at Vinalhaven. Ages 5-8.
- The Little Fisherman. WR Scott, 1945. Authentic illustrations by Dahlov Ipcar. Ages 4-8.
- The Little Island. Doubleday, 1946. Under pseudonym Golden MacDonald. Beautiful ocean illustrations
by Leonard Weisgard. Caldecott Medal, 1947. Ages 3-8.
- Carroll, Gladys Hasty. West of the Hill. Macmillan, 1949. Maine in the 1860s. Ages 14+.
- Chase, Mary Ellen:
- Mary Peters. Holt, 1934. Maine girl in the 1800s. Ages 16+.
- The Silver Shell. Holt, 1930. Daughter of a fisherman on a Maine island. Beauty of the sea. Ages 10-14.
- Clark, Electa. Robert Peary, Boy of the North.. Bobbs, 1953. Ages 7-12.
- Clifford, Harold B. American Leaders. American Book, 1953. Famous people in American history. Ages 8-14.
- Cluff, Tom. Minutemen of the Sea. Follett, 1955. First naval battle of the Revolution (Machias). Ages 10+.
- Coatsworth, Elizabeth J.:
- Alice All By Herself. Macmillan, 1937. Ten-year-old girl who lived in Damariscotta. Ages 9-13.
- Away Goes Sally. Macmillan, 1934. Travel from Mass. to Maine by ox team. Ages 9-12.
- The Captain's Daughter. Macmillan, 1950. Thomaston in the days when ships sailed from Maine to the Orient. Ages 14+.
- Dollar For Luck. Macmillan, 1951. Boy and girl and a trading ship off the Maine coast during late 19th century. Ages 8-12.
- The Enchanted. Pantheon Books.
- Five Bushel Farm. Macmillan, 1939. Companion story to Away Goes Sally. Ages 12-16.
- Houseboat Summer. Macmillan, 1942. Two children, living on a houseboat, explore the Damariscotta area. Ages 10-12.
- The Little Haymakers. Macmillan, 1949. Boy and his pair of oxen. Ages 8-10.
- Mountain Bride. Pantheon Books, 1954. Modern version of an old Abenaki Indian legend, in the shadow of Katahdin. [no ages given]
- Sword of the Wilderness. Macmillan, 1936. Maine boy captured by Indians during early days. Ages 12-16.
- Thief Island. Macmillan, 1943. Father and two children on deserted Maine island; legendary ghost included. Ages 10-14.
- Cooney, Barbara [all Farrar & Rinehart publishing]:
- Captain Potter's house. 1943. Mystery and fun. Ages 8-12.
- The Kelleyhorns. 1942. Twins separated in babyhood are reunited at twelve. Ages 10-14.
- King of Wreck Island. 1941. A shipwreck story illustrated by the author. Ages 10-12.
- Coryell, Herbert:
- Indian Brother. Harcourt, 1935. Boy and twin sisters captured by Indians in early 1700s. Ages 13+.
- The Scalp Hunters. Harcourt, 1936. Struggle between Indians and early colonists; exploits of Captain Lovewell's band. Ages 13+.
- Curtis, Alice T. A Little Maid of Old Maine. Knopf, 1953. Machias during the Revolutionary War. Ages 8-12.
- Davis, Mary G. Sandy's Kingdom. Harcourt, 1935. Actual farm in Maine and a wise shepherd dog. Ages 9-12.
- Dietz, Lew [all Little publishing]:
- Jeff White, Young Guide. 1951.
- Jeff White, Young Lumberjack. 1952.
- Jeff White, Young Trapper. 1951.
- Jeff White, Young Woodsman. 1949. Absorbing tales of the Maine woods. Ages 12+.
- Pines for the King's Navy. 1955. Struggle among settlers, Indians, and King for Maine's
great timber. [no ages given]
- Doucette, Earl. Fisherman's Guide to Maine. Random, 1951. Ages 12+.
- Edmonds, Richard. Young Captain Barney. Macrae, 1956. Based on early life of Joshua Barney. Ages 12-16.
- Egan, Joseph, and Fendler, Don. Don Fendler -- Lost on a Mountain in Maine. Welles, 1939. True account of a young lad's ordeal
alone on Mount Katahdin. Ages 12-16.
- Field, Rachel:
- Calico Bush. Macmillan, 1931. "Bound-out" girl in Maine, 1743. Ages 12-16.
- Hitty: Her First Hundred Years. Macmillan, 1929. Experiences of a wooden doll. Newbery Award 1930. Ages 8-12.
- Foster, Elizabeth:
- Gigi in America. Houghton, 1946. Merry-go-round horse at Old Orchard Beach. Ages 9-12.
- The House at Noddy Cove. Houghton, 1949. A ten-year-old's summer with her grandparents in a Maine fishing village. Ages 8-12.
- Fox, Genevieve. Bonnie, Island Girl. Little, 1954. Problems, adjustments, and friendships at high school on mainland. Ages 12+.
- Frost, Frances M. Then Came Timothy. Whittlesey, 1950. Mystery at Singing Cow Island. Ages 7-11.
- Fuller, Leah R. Way, Way Down East. Luce, 1945. Background at Quoddy Lighthouse. Ages 12-16.
- Hadler, Berta and Elmer [both Macmillan publishing]:
- Rainbow's End. 1945. Ship's carpenter at Snug Harbor with his cat. Ages 8-14.
- Tommy Thatcher Goes To Sea. 1937. Small boy at Welcome Cove, Maine. Ages 8-12.
- Henderson, Le Grand. Cap'n Dow and the Hole in the Doughnut. Abingdon, 1946. Written under pseudonym Le Grand. Coast of
Maine, "where men are sailors and doughnuts are doughnuts." Ages 9-11.
- Heylinger, William. The Silver Run. Appleton, 1934. Eastport's sardine packing. Ages 12-14.
- Hightower, Florence. Mrs. Wappinger's Secret. Houghton, 1956. Digging for buried treasure on a Maine island. Ages 8-11.
- Hill, Elizabeth. My Wonderful Visit. Scribner, 1903. Farm life in the early 1900s at Stroudwater. Ages 8-12.
- Holbrook, Ruth. Katy's Quilt. Doubleday, 1940. Maine in the late 1860s and a little girl who disliked to sew patchwork. Ages 8-12.
- Hooper, John. Johnny Jump Up. Macmillan, 1942. Castine boy in the buggy and buckboard days. Ages 6-8.
- Ipcar, Dahlov Z. One Horse Farm. Doubleday, 1950. Author's farm life at Georgetown. Ages 3-6.
- Janes, Edward C. Wilderness Warden. Longmans, Green, 1955. Northern Maine woods.
- Kelley, Eric. Amazing Journey of David Ingraham. Lippincott, 1949. Documented story based on "Voyages of Hakluyt." [no ages given]
- Kellogg, Elijah. The Elm Island Series and The Whispering Pine Series. Lothrop, 1869 to 1880.
Many other titles by this well-known Harpswell writer. Ages 12+.
- Ladd, Elizabeth C. [all Morrow publishing]:
- The Enchanted Island. 1953. Ten-year-old girl finds home and happiness on Maine island. Ages 8-12.
- Janie. 1955. Mystery story with background laid in Isleboro. Ages 8-12.
- The Night of the Hurricane. 1956. Tells how the big blow changed Judy's life, as well
as turning the peaceful Maine seacoast into a wild and alarming place. Ages 8-12.
- Laws, Edythe. Clem Clam. Falmouth, 1950. Happy family of clams. Ages 6-10.
- McCloskey, Robert:
- Blueberries for Sal. Viking, 1949. Little girl and her mother and a mother bear and her cubs. Ages 3-6.
- One Morning in Maine. Viking, 1952. Little girl with a loose tooth and her subsequent adventures. Ages 6-9.
- Meader, Stephen A. Bulldozer. Harcourt, 1951. Maine boy starts contracting business. Ages 10-16.
- Molloy, Ann [both Houghton publishing]:
- Lucy's Christmas. 1950. Home destroyed by fire and rebuilt by friends and neighbors. Ages 9-12.
- Uncle Andy's Island. 1950. Filled with information about lobstering and herring runs. [no ages given]
- Moore, Ruth. Jeb Ellis of Candlemas Bay. Morrow, 1952. Adventure and economic problems of Maine fishing. [no ages given]
- Ogilvie, Elizabeth:
- Blueberry Summer. Whittlesey, 1956. Contemporary romance of a girl on the Maine coast. [no ages given]
- Whistle for a Wind. Scribner, 1954. Adventure at the time of Maine's admission to the Union. Ages 10-14.
- Patch, Edith M. [no ages given]:
- Bird Stories. Little, 1921.
- Forest Neighbors. Macmillan, 1938.
- Holiday Hill. Macmillan, 1931.
- Holiday Meadow. Macmillan, 1930.
- Holiday Pond. Macmillan, 1929.
- Holiday Shore. Macmillan, 1935. The author of this group of
Maine nature stories was, for many years, professor of entomology at
the University of Maine.
- Paull, Grace [both Macmillan publishing]:
- Horse to Ride. 1949. Ages 5-9.
- Little Haymakers. 1949. Eight-year-old boy and two calves. Ages 6-10.
- Phillips, E. C. Saucy Betsy. Houghton, 1936. Lighthouse on Bayberry Island. Ages 9-12.
- Rich, Louise Dickinson:
- The Coast of Maine. Crowell, 1956. An informal history. Ages 12+.
- Start of the Trail. Lippincott, 1949. Fictional tale of an 18-yr-old guide. Ages 12+.
- Trail To the North. Lippincott, 1952. A Bill Gordon story. Ages 12-16.
- Robertson, Keith. The Pilgrim Goose. Viking, 1956. What happened to the Pilgrim geese
at certain times in our nation's history. Ages 9-12.
- Robinson, Gertrude:
- Sachim Bird. Dutton, 1936. True story of a mallard duck family near Orrs Island. Ages 6-10.
- Sign of the Golden Fish. Winston, 1949. Cornish fisherman who settled Maine in the middle
of the 17th century. Ages 13-16.
- Robinson, Mabel [both Random publishing]:
- Bright Island. 1937. Girl's life on a lonely island off the coast of Maine. Ages 13-16.
- Strong Winds. 1951. Maine coast girl. Ages 13-15.
- Robinson, Tom. Trigger John's Son. Viking, 1949. Illustrated by Robert McCloskey.
An orphan from Calais who does not want to be adopted. Ages 13-16.
- Sawyer, Ruth:
- Maggie Rose--Her Birthday Christmas. Harper, 1952. An industrious little Maine girl and her
less industrious family. Ages 8-12.
- Year of Jubilo. Viking, 1940. Lucinda of Roller Skates against an authentic Maine background. Ages 12+.
- Simpson, Dorothy. Island in the Bay. Lippincott, 1956. Boy's struggle to win a place for
himself in a lobstering village. Ages 12-16.
- Smith, Susan. Christmas Tree in the Woods. Putnam, 1932. Christmas holidays in Maine. Ages 9-12.
- Stephens, Charles Asbury. Katahdin Camps. Old Squire Bookstore, 1929. Many other titles by the Youth's Companion editor. [No ages given]
- Turner, Mina. Town Meeting Means Me. Houghton, 1951. Local government, for young people. [No ages given]
- Weiss, Harvey. Twenty-Four and Stanley. Putnam, 1956. Twenty-five children on a Maine beach find a derelict sloop. Ages 6-10.
- Whitehead, Roberta. Wish I May. Houghton, 1953. The Maine coast. Ages 6-9.
- Wiggin, Kate Douglas [all Houghton publishing]:
- Mother Carey's Chickens. 1911. Ages 9-12.
- The Old Peabody Pew. 1907. [No ages given]
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. 1903. [No ages given]
- Rose O' the River. 1905. [No ages given]
- Susanna and Sue. 1909. Story of Shaker life. Ages 12+.
- Wilgus, Asa. Just One Cat. Wyn, 1952. Adventures of a kitten on a coastal island.
- Wilson, Hazel [all Abingdon publishing]:
- His Indian Brother. 1955. Memorable story of courage and companionship. [No ages given]
- Island Summer. 1949. On an island in Casco Bay. Ages 8-12.
- The Owen Boys. 1947. Escapades of two boys in the 1880s. Ages 10+.
- Thad Owen. 1950. Sequel to The Owen Boys. Ages 10-12.
- Barry, Phillips, Eckstorm, Fannie H., and Smyth, Mary W,, eds. British
Ballards from Maine. Yale Univ. Press, 1929.
- Barry, William E. A Stroll Thro' the Past. Southworth, 1933. With Kennebunk flavor.
- Berger, Norma. Selected Poems of Marsden Hartley. Viking, 1945.
- Bogan, Louise:
- An Achievement in American Poetry, 1900-1950. Regenry, 1950.
- Collected Poems. Noonday, 1954. One of Maine's distinguished poets.
- Coatsworth, Elizabeth:
- Country Poems. Macmillan, 1942.
- Summer Green. Macmillan, 1948.
- Christian, Sheldon, ed. Poems About Maine. Harrison, 1940.
- Coffin, Robert P. Tristram [all Macmillan publishing]:
- Apples by the Ocean. 1950. Collection of lyrics, good for reading aloud to a class.
- Ballads of Square-Toed Americans. 1933.
- Collected Poems. 1948, new ed.
- Hellas Revisited. 1954. A collection by his friends, some not published before.
- Maine Ballads. 1938.
- One Horse Farm. 1949.
- People Behave Like Ballads. 1946.
- Primer for America. 1943.
- Salt Water Farm. 1937.
- Strange Holiness. 1935. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
- There Will Be Bread and Love. 1942.
- The Yoke of Thunder. 1942.
- Colcord, Joanna. Songs of American Sailormen. Norton, 1938. Chanties and sea songs; introduction by Lincoln Colcord.
- Day, Holman F.. Pine Tree Ballads, Rhymed Stories of Unplaned Human Natur' Up In Maine. Small, Maynard, 1902.
- Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy, ed. Minstrelsy of Maine. Houghton, 1927. Folk songs and ballads of the woods and the coast. Excellent.
- Field, Rachel. Points East. Macmillan, 1933.
- Gray, Roland P., ed. Songs and Ballads of the Maine Lumberjacks, With Other Songs From Maine. Harvard Univ. Press, 1924.
- Hartley, Marsden. Selected Poems. Viking, 1945.
- Hinckley, Mabel D. Today Is Mine. Pejepscot Press, 1956. Appreciation and love of Maine with its moods and seasons.
- Longfellow, Henry W. Complete Poetical Works. In many editions and anthologies.
- Millay, Edna St. Vincent [all Harper publishing]:
- Buck In the Snow. 1928.
- Conversation of Midnight. 1937.
- Few Figs from Thistles. 1922. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
- King's Henchmen. 1927.
- Mine the Harvest. 1954. Collection of previously unpublished poems.
- Murder of Lidice. 1942.
- Poems Selected for Young People.
- Second April and the Buck in the Snow. Harper's Modern Classics.
- Wine From These Grapes. 1934.
- Pulsifer, Harold T.:
- Collected Poetry of Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer. Colby College Press, 1954.
- Elegy for a House. Colby College Press, 1935.
- Glory O' the Dawn. Houghton, 1923.
- Robinson, Edward Arlington [all Macmillan publishing]:
- Collected Poems. 1929, new ed.
- The Man Who Died Twice. 1924. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
- Tilbury Town. 1953.
- Tristram. 1927. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
- Vinal, Harold:
- Attic for the Nightingale. Stephen Daye, 1940.
- Hurricane. Stephen Daye, 1936.
- Maine and Vermont Poets. Harrison, 1935.
- Whittier, John Greenleaf. Dead Ship of Harpswell. A famous legend of Casco Bay. In many anthologies.
These books were recommended "for schools interested in establishing a permanent
collection of books about Maine, suitable for junior and senior high school
use."
- Maine Place Names and the Peopling Of Its Towns, Ava Chadbourne.
- Aids to the Teaching of Maine in the Public Schools, Elizabeth Ring.
- Maritime History of Maine, William H. Rowe.
- History of Maine, Marion J. Smith.
- White Pines and Blue Water: A State of Maine Reader, ed. Henry Beston.
- The White Gate, Mary Ellen Chase.
- Here I Stay, Elizabeth Coatsworth.
- Maine Ways, Elizabeth Coatsworth.
- Yankee Coast, Robert P.T. Coffin.
- Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, Rachel Field.
- Country of the Pointed Firs, Sarah Orne Jewett.
- Kennebec Yesterdays, Ernest Marriner.
- Kenneth Roberts Reader, Kenneth Roberts.
- Trending Into Maine, Kenneth Roberts.
- Islands of New England, Hazel Young.
- Collected Poems, Robert P.T. Coffin.
- Poems Selected for Young People, Edna St. Vincent Millay.
- Collected Poems, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- Kate Douglas Wiggin, Helen Benner, UM Study.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Margaret Widdemer.
- As Maine Goes, Alta L. Smith.
- Length and Breadth of Maine, Stanley B. Attwood.
- Maine Register (current issue), Fred L. Tower Companies.
- My Home State of Maine, Harold B. Clifford.
- History of Maine, Robert York.
Also suggested are books from the section Books for Children Of All Ages that meet age
and reading needs.
