by Peter Arenstam
illustrated by Karen Busch Holman

To Nicholas, a small field mouse from Massachusetts, family is everything! A lovely leather journal chronicles all the important events of Nicholas’s family history. When it is destroyed in a flood, Nicholas will set off on a journey in search of his uncle and a copy of the precious journal. He crosses the state of Massachusetts in Book One, but his adventures will take him on to Maine (Book Two) following a cousin who has taken the copy of the journal with him when he traveled down east.


Nicholas will discover just how large and diverse a state Maine is as he searches for his cousin Francis. Along the way, he’ll learn a great deal about the state—the animals that live there, the geography, industries, and even the state’s history. He’ll make many new friends and perhaps even bump into an old friend on his travels across the great state of Maine.


Book Three in a four-book series about Nicholas's adventures in New England. The Nicholas series covers:
Massachusetts (Book One), Maine (Book Two), New Hampshire (Book Three), and Vermont (Book Four). Vermont will be published Fall, 2009. Advance copies can be ordered by emailing mo@plimoth.org We will contact you when the book is available.

Grades 2-4