Tilbury House Publishers
Location: Gardiner, Maine
Tilbury House is an independent publishing company that started out about thirty years ago as the Harpswell Press, publishing Maine books. We grew slowly, adding some children's books, and in 1990 merged with another small publisher, the Dog Ear Press, to become Tilbury House, Publishers.
Our children's book division took off with the publication of Talking Walls, and it has continued to publish award-winning children's picture books about cultural diversity, social justice, nature, and the environment. In response to praise from teachers for our books, we began to develop teacher's guides for some of our titles, and now offer a "Teachers Take Note" section on each children's book page on this website, featuring classroom activities, literature links, and further resources for using our books in the classroom or with homeschoolers.
Tilbury's adult books are primarily regional non-fiction, mostly history, some maritime history, and some environmental work. But every once in a while something different comes up that we can't resist, and we publish it, too—like Brad Brown's While You're Here Doc: Farmyard Adventures of a Maine Veterinarian, or Jerry Stelmok's Not Your Average Bear & Other Maine Stories. We've also been able to add some wonderful books to our list by distributing books for museums, universities, and organizations.
Northern TIdes welcomes readers of all ages to visit our shop and browse the Tilbury House books that we have in stock.
A selection of items at Northern Tides
Please email us to verify item availability. Phone orders are welcome. Nationwide shipping available. How to order.
A Doryman's Day by Barry Fisher
Paperback, $15.00; 7 x 10, 192 pages, drawings and photographs. Regional History/Maritime
On Wilderness edited by Phyllis Austin, Dean Bennett, and Robert Kmber
Paperback, $15.00; 6 x 9, 176 pages, illustrated, Nature/Regional
Thanks to the Animals by Allen Sockabasin, Passamaquoddy Storyteller
Hardcover, $16.95; 9 x 10, 32 pages, color illustrations. Children / Native American; PreK-Grade 3
Paperback, $7.95; 9 x 10, 32 pages, color illustrations. Children; Grades 3-6
The Very Best Bed by Rebekah Raye
Hardcover, $16.95; Hardcover, $16.95. Children/Nature; PreK-Grade 3