We bring you quality, award-winning Children's Books,
Teachers Guides, and Maine Books!
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.
We have a dedicated, enthusiastic staff, and we're happy to answer any questions you may have about our books. We try to send out new orders the same or next day, and our office is open 9 to 5, if you want to stop by to purchase books. Out of respect to our independent bookstore friends, we don't sell books directly from our website; we hope you'll patronize your local bookstore and ask for our books.
Tilbury House, Publishers
8 Mechanic Street
Gardiner, Maine 04345
800-582-1899; fax 207-582-8227
Email: tilbury at tilburyhouse.com email note
Our Staff
Jennifer Bunting, Publisher
Audrey Maynard, Children's Book Editor
Karen Fisk, Associate Children's Book Editor
Sue Beach, Sales Manager
Patricia Royall, Sales Associate
Sarah McGinnis, Publicity and Marketing
Kathi Eldridge, Office Manager
Deanna Glidden, Warehouse Manager
Aaron Gilmore, Webmaster