Books from Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
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Maine's Favorite Birds
By Jeffrey V. Wells, Allison Childs WellsThis fresh new book highlights the birds that are loved by Mainers and essential to why millions of tourists visit each year.
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A History of Medicine in 50 Discoveries (History in 50)
By Gale Eaton, Marguerite Vigliani, Phillip HooseHe repeated Bayliss and Starling's work and got different results; they repeated his and got different results. When Pavlov's student Gleb V. Anrep met Bayliss and Starling in 1912, he found out why. The British dogs were anesthetized ...
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Queen Bee: Roxanne Quimby, Burt's Bees, and Her Quest for a New National Park
By Phyllis AustinThe writer, Martha Thomas, noted Roxanne's purple batik dress and lavender Birkenstocks. The photograph showed a slim, long-haired Roxanne outdoors in a field, holding a Burt's Bees sign. The article traced the history of the business, ...
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A Man for All Oceans: Captain Joshua Slocum and the First Solo Voyage Around the World
By Stan Grayson... who had broken ranks with their fellows, claimed that they had done so because the ship was not ready to sail. In response, the mate took the comparatively mild step of putting them on reduced rations. (Though mild in comparison ...
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Henry is Kind: A Story of Mindfulness
By Linda RydenA classroom-tested resource for social and emotional learning Henry’s discovery of the many ways he can be kind will inspire young readers to use the simple mindfulness practices taught in this book to develop their own capacities for ...
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Sergio Sees the Good: The Story of a Not So Bad Day
By Linda RydenSergio is amazed to discover that even on a day that felt awful, the good outweighed the bad.
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Daddy Played the Blues
By Michael GarlandThis evocative tale of the African-American odyssey in search of a better life is also a homage to the uniquely American music that developed from African music and American spirituals, work songs, and folk ballads.
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Jackrabbit: The Story of Clint Castleberry and the Improbable 1942 Georgia Tech Football Season
By Bill ChastainBill Chastain weaves Clint Castleberry’s story around other legends of Georgia Tech football--including John Heisman, William Alexander, and Bobby Dodd—to create a glorious portrait of a proud football tradition and America’s Greatest ...
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Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11's Third Man
By Alex Irvine*Junior Library Guild Selection 2017* A unanimous selection to the 2018 Maverick Graphic Novel List!
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Don't Mess With Me: The Strange Lives of Venomous Sea Creatures (How Nature Works)
By Paul EricksonWhat is it about watery environments that favors so many venomous creatures? Marine biologist Paul Erickson explores these and other questions with astounding images from Andrew Martinez and other top underwater photographers.
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Henry is Kind: A Story of Mindfulness
By Linda RydenA classroom-tested resource for social and emotional learning Henry’s discovery of the many ways he can be kind will inspire young readers to use the simple mindfulness practices taught in this book to develop their own capacities for ...
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A Sea Dog's Tale: The True Story of a Small Dog on a Big Ocean
By Peter MuilenburgA family with wanderlust, a sailboat to carry them across oceans, and an 11-pound dog to watch over them… These are the elements of this delightful memoir of adventurous living.
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Tyaja Uses the THiNK Test
By Linda RydenMs. Snowden introduces the THiNK Test to Tyaja’s class.
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Starting Over in Sunset Park
By Lynn McGee, Jose PelaezBrooklyn is a strange, intimidating place for a girl who speaks no English when she steps off her very first plane after a flight from the Dominican Republic.
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Three Lost Seeds: Stories of Becoming (Tilbury House Nature Book)
By Stephie MortonTo author Stephie Morton, nature's powerful forces are a metaphor for the hardships faced by displaced children.
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Keepers of the Reef
By Sharon WismerEndorsements are coming from Charlie Veron (“the godfather of coral,” featured in the 2017 film Chasing Coral) and David Bellwood, a world-renowned reef fish ecologist whose lab is the source of much of the information in this book.
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Reading Rural Landscapes: A Field Guide to New England's Past
By Robert StanfordSeveral excellent references are available to help you identify standing barns and their associated buildings (such as The Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings by Thomas Visser and Barns: Their History, Preservation, ...
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My Busy Green Garden (Tilbury House Nature Book)
By Terry PierceThis is a honeybee buzzing below The red spotted ladybug dawdling so, Near the surprise, in clever disguise, That hangs in my busy green garden.
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Bees in the City
By Andrea ChengAunt Celine must bring her bees to Paris! But first he and his friends Alice and Samir must convince their skeptical neighbors and landlord, Mr. Dubi, that this is a good idea.
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Most People
By Michael LeannahThe world can be a scary place. Anxious adults want children to be aware of dangers, but shouldn’t kids be aware of kindness too? Michael Leannah wrote Most People as an antidote to the scary words and images kids hear and see every day.