Books published by publisher Baker Street Press

This exciting, colorful book walks through a day in the life of a farmer with simple, beautiful, hand-drawn illustrations that show situations and words toddlers and children learn early on. It features clever introductions to animals, vegetables, family life, and basic hygiene.This is the first of a series of books that will explore several careers.

They are the Finest Creations - mystically forged creatures of perfection sent by the Creators to aid the Fallen (humankind) during their mortal existence. Though they resemble horses and ponies they are supremely bright, communicate telepathically, and are moral. They are assigned to bond with individuals of great potential and to protect them from harm while guiding them along a path of virtue. This is as it has been for years unto creation ... until a Finest is separated from his mentor before he has been invested with a charge. The young equine takes on the care of two orphans, not realizing that man's potential may rest in their future. In their path: an evil mastermind whose manipulation of court politics could bring a dark age. The Finest Choice was originally published by Tor Books in 2005.

At age fourteen, all Emilia Serafini wants is to learn to paint so that she can become an artist. But painters' apprenticeships for young women don't exist in the Florence of Renaissance Italy. The odds appear stacked against her until she receives a fascinating book, A Manual to the Science of Alchemy. It once was her grandmother's and Emilia turns again and again to the Manual for guidance. When Emilia meets the wealthy, brooding Franco Villani, her life takes a thrilling but dangerous turn. Franco will do anything to win a place in the court of the powerful Cosimo de' Medici. Well aware that Cosimo prizes ancient manuscripts above all, Franco realizes Emilia's Manual would be invaluable to him in more ways than one. Infused with the mysticism of alchemy, Nonna's Book of Mysteries is an exciting portrait of a young woman who defies convention to seek her destiny.

The echo of the spinning tire beneath her car seemed to ring louder than the music she attempted to drown her thoughts in. Watching the world pass by in a haze, America sped down the freeway and out of the city while flashbacks of her long-forgotten childhood consumed her. Her parents failed her, the foster care system failed her, social workers, probation officers, teachers and everyone who was supposed to protect her, tossed her aside. Now, years after emancipating and finding her husband in another woman's arms, America ran from her past yet again. Feeling weak and defeated, she sped into the distance leaving everyone, and everything she's ever known behind. Realizing that she was exactly what everyone always told her she would become - a statistic, her world shatters. Alone and suffering, she found herself spiraling into a dark hole as memories flood in. She's finally had enough.

Beautiful illustrations and lyrical rhyme describe California's fertile valley and the changes as settlers come, plant orchards, enjoy and sell the produce. Years pass; more people come. New communities are planned and need more land. Trees are chopped down; orchards are fewer. But, thankfully, some remain, and we can be grateful each time that we eat a delicious juicy red cherry so sweet.

They are the Finest Creations - mystically forged creatures of perfection sent by the Creators to aid the Fallen (humankind) during their mortal existence. Though they resemble horses and ponies they are supremely bright, communicate telepathically, and are moral. They are assigned to bond with individuals of great potential and to protect them from harm while guiding them along a path of virtue. This is as it has been for years unto creation ... until a Finest is separated from his mentor before he has been invested with a charge. The young equine takes on the care of two orphans, not realizing that man's potential may rest in their future. In their path: an evil mastermind whose manipulation of court politics could bring a dark age. The Finest Challenge was originally published by Tor Books in 2006.

A new and revised edition of the non-fiction novella which won Viola Dono Best Food Writer for Northern Ireland 2014. Dreams and Recipes 1904–1914 was shortlisted for Best Food Writing in the World in the Gourmand Best in the World Cookbook, Drinks Book and World Food TV Awards in Yantai, China, in June 2015. Two girls exchange letters, dreams and recipes in Edwardian and Titanic years. The story moves between Belfast, Cavan, Nottingham and Brooklyn, New York, weaving through people and places, and moments in time. The letters are written in the genre of faction, containing a mixture of fact and fiction, occasionally accompanied by a narrator providing historical context and facts. Penned from extensive research combined with family history, the book threads together thoughts and themes reminiscent of many issues we still face in the world around us today. Recipes are presented in metric, Imperial and American cup measurements to suit bakers’ personal weighing out preferences. A sentimental journey and love story that brings history alive, as the reader peeks through some old kitchen windows for a closer look at a time not long past.

A magnificent library holds a copy of every book written - that is except for one. Young Peter, a resident of one of the library's cookbooks, discovers a card to the missing volume, How to Live Forever, and he sets off on a search for the book. He believes that by locating the book he will discover the secret of eternal life. His journey takes him through the boundless imagination of the library that comes alive after closing each night. His long, mystical journey eventually leads him to a hidden Chinese garden and the Ancient Child who makes his home there and possesses the magical book. Colin Thompson's illustrations will delight readers of all ages with the richly detailed world of the library, where castles, streets, and villages are built of, on, and around books.