New Releases by Elizabeth Coatsworth

A book of anecdotes, impressions and descriptions of Maine country life in the middle of the twentieth century, gathered and told by the owner of a Maine farm. Included are stories of sea captains, hermits and tramps about everyday life, special days, folklore and humor.

One day, as Tonio is watching the family goats and taking care of his baby sister, a wounded, hungry stranger appears. Tonio agrees to hide him from the thieves who wounded him, but can he keep his sister from telling the secret?

Quiet courage of a young woman who chooses to stay on her Maine farm rather than migrate to new lands with neighbors.

Seth Hubbard is captured by the Indians when they attack Pemaquoit in 1689, but finds life with the Indians interesting during his captivity.

A Guatemalan peasant lad becomes a peddler, acquires a parrot with his first earned quetzals, peddles his wares successfully, and buys his mother a sewing machine.