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Maine Books
~Angeli Perrow's published works are Maine related and are great stories for you to read.~

Angeli Perrow's newest picture book, Many Hands, a Penobscot Indian Story, has just received the 2011 Lupine Award! The award is given to the best picture book by a Maine author or illustrator published in the previous year. In this gentle tale, illustrated with soft, yet vibrant watercolors, and woven with words from the Penobscot dialect, young Lily learns a valuable lesson about pride and her place in the village.

CELTIC THUNDER: What do you get when you put an insecure, inexperienced, but spunky teen on a spirited horse? A laugh a minute. Fifteen-year-old Xander Moloney receives an exciting invitation from her friend Brynn to go on an all-expense-paid horse riding tour in Ireland. The problem? She doesn’t know how to ride! On the sly, she takes English riding lessons with hilarious results. While in Ireland, she meets new challenges like staying on a runaway horse, riding down the side of a mountain, and overcoming her fear of heights to save a friend. In the process, she grows from an awkward, naive girl to a more confident person who discovers she can do just about anything she tackles. Along the way, she experiences magical Ireland – the history, the people, the legends, the music, the dance, the food, the spectacular scenery – and has her first romance. This humorous, fast-paced adventure takes the reader for a ride she’ll never forget!

THE LIGHTKEEPER'S KEY: Ten-year-old Mandy of Dyer Cove, Maine, and her 12-year-old cousin Nick try to unravel the mystery of strange happenings at the lighthouse. Is it haunted by the first keeper's ghost? An ancient key, a lighthouse legend, a treasure map and a secret code lead them on a search for treasure and a summer of adventure. The Lightkeeper's Key, a spellbinding mystery for readers ages 8-12, will keep kids turning the pages.

	CAPTAIN'S CASTAWAY tells the heartwarming story of Seaboy, a brave seafaring dog, who is shipwrecked in a fierce storm and rescued by the lighthouse keeper's daughter at Great Duck Island.

	LIGHTHOUSE DOG TO THE RESCUE is about Spot, a remarkable spaniel who lived at Owls Head Light with the keeper's family in the 1930s. He learned to ring the fog bell to greet passing boats and came to the rescue of the Matinicus mailboat one stormy winter night.

	SIRIUS, THE DOG STAR features Sirius, the beloved Newfoundland dog of a young crew member on board the ship Goldhunter. When the ship wrecks in a December gale, the big dog saves the crew by pulling them to safety at Boon Island.

	MAINE LIGHTHOUSES COLORING BOOK This self-published coloring book contains drawings and information about 20 of Maine's best-known lighthouses.

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