BOOKLIST - April 15, 1995 : Photojournalist Dean chronicles the seasons on Monhegan Island, a small community off the coast of central Maine. Beginning with late fall, she describes how the few permanent inhabitants deal with their isolated life. Children attend a one-room school, fishermen prepare their lobster traps, and innkeepers ready their businesses for the next year. Winters are long and lonely, with mail and supplies arriving by ferry from the mainland only once a week. Spring brings fog and muddy roads as well as final preparations for the multitude of summer visitors. By Columbus Day all the tourists (as well as some of the merchants) have left, returning the island to its off-season quiet. Crisp, clear photos on nearly every page show many of the island's residents at work and play, as well as the natural beauty of Monhegan's craggy beaches and ancient forests. Aimed at a slightly older audience than Gail Gibbons' Surrounded by Sea (1991), this will be useful for geography units and fascinating for would-be visitors.