Sarah Schoonmaker Baker

Also called Aunt Friendly, Mrs. Woods Baker

SARAH SCHOONMAKER TUTHILL (1824–1906) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. The Sarah Schoonmaker name comes from her grandmother. She is the youngest daughter of Cornelius Tuthill Esq. and Mrs. Louisa Caroline Higgins, who were both writers and enjoyed books. Her father died when she was one year old. She married Woods Baker in 1851 who worked for the U. S. Coast Survey, who died in 1852. They had one child. She moved to Sweden in 1876. Some of her works are translated into French, Italian and Swedish.

Curiosmith features:
Charlie the Drummer Boy.

Sarah Schoonmaker Baker booklist:

• Amy and Her Brothers.
• Aunt Friendly Books (Library).
• Aunt Friendly’s Nursery Keepsake.
• Babes in the Basket (The); or, Daph and her Charge.
• Barton Todd.
• Belle, or the Promised Blessing.
• Blue Flag (The).
• Bound Out or Abby at the Farm.
• Boy Friend, or Charlie Clement (The).
• Boy Patriot (The).
• Buster and Baby Jim.
• Charlie the Drummer Boy.
• Cheerily, Cheerily.
• Children on the Plains (The).
• Chosen Friends.
• Christian Effort.
• Climbing the Glacier.
• Coming to the Light; or, The Story of Fidgety Skeert.
• Country Visit, or London Cousins (The).
• Edinburgh Book (The).
• Emily and Uncle Hanse.
• Fireside Sketches from Swedish Life.
• First Steps in the Better Path.
• Fisherman's Boy (The).
• Fisherman's Grandchildren (The).
• Gentle Gracie.
• Golden Links.
• Hannah's Path.
• Hatty and Marcus.
• Heart and Hand.
• Jewish Twins, or Truth and Its Triumph (The).
• Joe's Partner.
• Kate Darley.
• Kelly Nash.
• Kit the Street Boy.
• Little Housekeeper (The).
• Little Josey; or, Try and Suceed.
• Little Musicians (The).
• Little Pete.
• Little Swedish Baron (The).
• Little Tora, the Swedish Schoolmistress.
• Love's Lesson.
• Lucy's Pet.
• Maggie of the Pines.
• Mary Burns, or Besetting Sins.
• Miner's Daughter (The).
• Miss Kitty's Little Maid.
• My Little Geography.
• New Parasol (The).
• Old Enoch's Verbena.
• Orange Seed (The).
• Our Elder Brother.
• Picket Guard (The).
• Pictures of Swedish Life.
• Poor Little Joe.
• Salt.
• Simple Facts.
• Strangers in Greenland.
• Swedish Twins (The).
• Timid Lucy.
• Under the Pear Tree.
• Visit to Derby, or Minnie and Her Nurse.
• Woodman's Nannette (The).