Board books and middle grade novels tell stories about wildlife, blueberries and garbology.
children’s books
Posted inBooks, Food & Dining, Life & Culture
For children, the pages of books hold menus of tasty comforts
We asked a few experts why so many children’s books feature food.
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Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, Maine
Maine parents have latched onto these 2 literary baby names | Column
Could classic books be behind the trend in what we call our kids?
Posted inBooks, Community, Guides, Life & Culture, News, Things to Do
Take our bookstore tour of western Maine
Rural destination communities are a stronghold for independent bookstores.
Posted inAmy Calder, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Former Waterville mayor sells cookbooks to help soup kitchen
Reporting Aside: Tom Nale of Waterville created a cookbook featuring his mother’s Middle Eastern cuisine recipes and is giving all the proceeds to the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Nation & World
Dolly Parton is sending free books to children across 21 states – and around the world
The program has expanded statewide in places like Missouri and Kentucky, 2 of 21 states where all children under 5 can enroll to have books mailed to their homes monthly.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
Monty Python skit inspires latest book by Maine children’s author Julie Falatko
The South Portland author’s latest book, ‘Help Wanted: One Rooster,’ depicts a struggling farm and the farm’s search for a rooster to help make things right. Plus a few other Maine reads for your kids this summer.
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Author tells tale of fairy in ‘The Giant’s Shower’
“The Giant’s Shower,” a fairy tale written and published by Leigh Macmillen Hayes, tells the tale of Aisling, a fairy who lives on Sabattus Mountain in western Maine and has a vision during the Midsummer Eve celebration. Twinkles, flitters, a bit of fairy dust and some tsk-taking are necessary to make Aisling’s vision a reality. […]
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Children’s author/illustrator Peter Brown brings his robot to the wilds of Maine
After years of living in big cities and creating stories set in wilderness, the best-selling author of the ‘Wild Robot’ series moved to the Midcoast last year.