Betty Baker Books
Seven Spells to Farewell
By Betty Baker
On a long journey to find the kingdom of Iskany and become a sorceress, a resourceful girl shares adventures and magic with a talking raven and a performing pig.
Read MoreMy Sister Says
By Betty Baker
In 1850's New York City, two sisters fantasize about the gifts their sailor father might bring home if he sailed to exotic places.
Read MoreNight Spider Case
By Betty Baker
In the 1890's in New York City, eleven-year-old Lambert Grew reluctantly teams up with his neighbor Frances Ward to investigate the empty house next door.
Read MoreWorthington Botts and the Steam Machine
By Betty Baker
In the 1890's, Worthington Botts builds a steam-powered robot to help him with his chores so he will have more time to read.
Read MoreThe Great Desert Race
By Betty Baker
Driving a steam-powered car, two young women compete in the two-day Great Mountain to Desert Race at the turn of the century.
Read MoreLatki and the Lightning Lizard
By Betty Baker
A resourceful young girl rescues her older sister from the magical Lightning Lizard with the aid of an eagle, a lion, and an ant.
Read MoreSettlers and Strangers: Native Americans of the Desert Southwest and History As They Saw It
By Betty Baker
A history of the Indians who have lived in the American Southwest from the Ice Age to the present day, told from their point of view.
Read MoreSave Sirrushany!
By Betty Baker
A young girl goes on a quest to save the impoverished kingdom of Sirrushany.
Read MoreThree Fools and a Horse
By Betty Baker
A retelling of three traditional Apache tales about the nonsensical adventures of the Foolish People.
Read MoreThe TURKEY GIRL
By Betty Baker
The outcast "turkey girl" gains a new home through a brave deed.
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