Loretta Krupinski

Nationally recognized maritime artist Loretta Krupinski's meticulously rendered oil paintings show fascinating details of Maine's waterfront towns in their heyday, when fishing, quarrying, and the cargo trade were the backbone of the coastal economy. Historic photographs and text about how Maine people made their living 70 to 150 years ago round out this rich and varied portrayal of a past way of life.

Anna builds a dog of snow, which the Frost King admires and takes away with him, but when Anna's love and faith eventually reunite her with Snow Dog, they each get their fondest wish.

A collection of facts and fiction about the woods.

Twelve-year-old Benjamin Slocum keeps his own journal as he travels with his family from Boston to Honolulu in the clipper ship Sea Tiger.

Uses observations of bean seeds planted in eggshells to demonstrate the growth of seeds into plants.

Becan, a poor boy belittled by his stepmother and stepsisters, rescues a princess in distress after meeting a magical bull.

The threadbare Velveteen Rabbit is saved from peril when he is whisked away by a fairy to the idyllic world of Rabbitland, where he learns what it means to be loved.

Rhyming verses describe things that are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, gray, white, and pink.

A mouse describes snow to her child, using words which poetically reflect its many characteristics.