Down East Books

The unlikely friendship between professor Brant Healey and Louis, an unlettered, superstitious woodsman, is at the heart of A Place in Mind. These two men love fishing and hunting, the rural Maine...

Embark on a creative journey with Maine Lighthouse Coloring Book, where you can relax and unleash your imagination while discovering the rich history and beauty of 24 iconic lighthouses, complete...

Little Loon traces the birth and first summer of a loon chick on a New England lake, ending with the loon’s migration for the winter. Readers follow along as the baby loon grows and discovers...

For the hundreds of thousands of followers of the Bangor, Maine, Police Department on social media, the Got Warrants? feature brings a regular dose of levity. Pulled straight from daily reports,...

If you want to know about boats, trust a sea dog to set you on course. Award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Astrid Sheckels has created a whole raft of sea dogs to help young...

Walter longs to be a sea dog. He comes from a long line of seafaring dogs, all of whom made their livelihoods from the sea, but, alas, Walter's talent seems to extend only to baking. He sells his...

Written by well-known birders and native Mainers, and based on their years of experience answering questions, leading bird walks, and teaching people about birds, Maine's Favorite Birds puts the...

Replete with new photographs and new information, this update of Marilis Hornidge's classic discusses the Maine Coon Cat from the tufts on his ears right down to his feathered toes. Her lively...

The ultimate fun-packed book for children who love butterflies, this book contains 100 amazing stickers. Simple child-friendly captions on interactive pages present facts about butterflies and moths,...

This is an action-packed book for children who love fish and sea animals, with over 100 sensational stickers. Simple child-friendly captions on interactive pages present informative facts about a...

This is the ultimate fun-packed sticker book for children who love canines. Simple-to-read captions provide fascinating facts about dogs and puppies. Young readers will enjoy spotting the differences...

Maine folklore is rich in tales of humans confronted by strange beasts, both wonderful and terrifying. The Abenaki, or First People, had their tales of Glooskap and Pamola. Other tales came with...

New England is so compact that even casual visitors can sample its diverse history in just a short time. But travelers and residents alike can also pass right by historic buildings, landscapes and...

During the 1950s and '60s, writers E.B. White and Edmund Ware Smith carried on a long correspondence by letter, despite living only a few miles apart on the coast of Maine. Often the letters were...

Including Tumbledown, Saddleback, the Bigelows, and of course Katahdin, Maine has 14 mountains over 4,000 feet in elevation. For hikers, it's a shared goal to summit all 14 of them. Registered Maine...

Mount Katahdin, in Baxter State Park, is Maine's highest mountain. It's also the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Tucked away in the remote North Woods, it's an adventure seeker's paradise...

On Mount Washington, it’s lack of preparation, not the mountain, that kills. The weather is highly changeable with wind gusts of 140 mph and -35 degree temps. Then there are the avalanches and...

What is it about lighthouses that make them bastions of spiritual activity? Built for strength and permanence, they are nonetheless vulnerable, protecting lives yet isolated and remote. Unforgiving...

John McDonald has been making people laugh for decades with his humorous yarns poking fun at people from away, people from Maine, and life in general. Following up the wildly popular A Moose and a...

Nearly every cafe, diner, dive and gourmet restaurant in Maine offers their version of the lobster roll, and chefs delight in adding their own spin on this classic comfort food. Down East magazine...