Canine sailor Mabel, a summer resident of Islesboro, Maine, took an unauthorized ferry trip aboard the Margaret Chase Smith to Lincolnville Beach. There, Mabel visited a restaurant, made a few friends, and tasted some lobster before finally returning home. Sailors and Mainers will enjoy the descriptions of Penobscot Bay and beautiful Islesboro, and children will giggle at Mabel's adventures.

A fictionalized account of a mixed-breed dog's day of adventure while searching for her family, who left her behind to go sailing on Penobscot Bay, as she makes new friends on a ferry, at the beach, and in a restaurant.

Mabel the shaggy dog takes a trip on a ferry in Islesboro, ME.

Mabel the dog goes sailing off the coast of Maine with her family and is kept busy by their new pet, an inexperienced dog named Maxine.

Mabel the dog goes kayaking with her family for the first time, and is amazed to see how many animals live in and around the water. But why do they all seem to be afraid of her?

Maine-ly Fun! is jam-packed with almost eight hundred activities to do and places to go with children in Maine—from the coast to the western mountains. This book will be a godsend not only to vacationers and travelers with children to Maine, but also to parents and other caregivers who live in Maine. Among the twenty chapter headings are: The Arts, Boating, Great Ideas from Famous Maine Folks, Hiking, Islands, Books, Websites, and Crafts.

This is a girls' sports story that centers around sibling rivalry and the adolescent struggle for independence. Influenced by close-knit family dynamics, this story is based on the author's childhood in the 1960s. Woven throughout the pranks and perils of sisterhood is a humorous story with a good message about responsibility and the consequences of one's actions.