YARMOUTH – Islandport Press has reached an agreement with award-winning children’s book author Lynn Plourde to publish Plourde’s latest work, “At One.” The illustrated children’s book will celebrate Maine’s inspirational beauty from the wilds of Baxter State Park to the crashing waves of the Atlantic.

All of the scenes featured in “At One” were inspired by Plourde’s experiences, including twin fawns who visited her backyard, a hike up Katahdin, cross country skiing by moonlight and an encounter with a bear while camping. A release date has not been set.

“Islandport is thrilled with the opportunity to publish such a respected Maine author as Lynn,” said Dean L. Lunt, Islandport Press publisher and managing editor. “Her previous books have so wonderfully portrayed the whimsy, wonder and delight of childhood. “At One” offers a similar sense of wonder and appreciation as it captures the sense of being in and at one with Maine. And, it fits beautifully with what we are trying to accomplish at Islandport Press.”

Plourde, who lives in Central Maine, is the author of more than a dozen books for children, including “Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud,” “Snow Day,” “Teacher Appreciation Day,” “The First Feud: Between the Mountain and the Sea,” and “Mother, May I?”

Her books have won numerous regional and national awards. In addition, Plourde makes many “author visits” to Maine schools to work with young students, and she presents workshops and seminars to professionals as well.

Plourde said, “I’m so proud to be a Maine author writing about my Maine experiences and sharing them with Maine kids. How perfect to have a top-notch publisher like Islandport Press with such strong Maine roots publish this book, which I call my love song to the state of Maine’.”

Islandport Press of Yarmouth publishes quality books about the state of Maine. Recent titles include “A Moose and a Lobster Walk Into a Bar” by John McDonald, “Silas Crockett” by Mary Ellen Chase and “The Cows are Out! Two Decades on a Maine Dairy Farm” by Trudy Chambers Price.

For more information about Islandport Press books, visit www.islandportpress.com, write P.O. Box 10, Yarmouth, ME 04096; call 688-6290; or e-mail [email protected].