Books with author Stephanie S. Tolan

With the new school year starting for seventh grader Sophie Markman, she wants to try something new, including the prospect of being on a sports team. But with her limited athletic abilities, Sophie decides to join the only sport she qualifies for: badminton. However, the badminton team is different from any other team in school. They don't care if they win their games or not. They're too busy eating snacks, slacking off and having fun. The other teams at school think they're a joke. But they don't mind. Being the worst team in the school has its perks, though. The team gets to have crazy misadventures throughout the entire season.

Bartholomew Mouse is very small. He's used to being ignored by all the other animals. So when an angel arrives at his door one snowy night, Bartholomew can't help but be surprised. And when she invites him to be blessed by a newborn prince, he can hardly believe his tiny ears. Is he really worthy of such an honor? He must bring the perfect gift! Readers of all ages will delight in this story of a mouse who feels too small to count, but discovers the truth about himself in the light of a special baby's smile. With Margie Moore's gentle, luminous illustrations, this intimate approach to the Christmas story by Stephanie S. Tolan is sure to become a classic.

With the new school year starting for seventh grader Sophie Markman, she wants to try something new, including the prospect of being on a sports team. But with her limited athletic abilities, Sophie decides to join the only sport she qualifies for: badminton. However, the badminton team is different from any other team in school. They don't care if they win their games or not. They're too busy eating snacks, slacking off and having fun. The other teams at school think they're a joke. But they don't mind. Being the worst team in the school has its perks, though. The team gets to have crazy misadventures throughout the entire season.

This third story about the madcap family introduced in Stephanie Tolan’s Newbery Honor Book Surviving the Applewhites features even more outlandish adventures and will appeal to fans of the Applewhites and those meeting them for the first time.E.D. and Jake are doing their best to forget their bewildering kiss—after all, they’re practically family—and get back to “normal” life with the decidedly abnormal, highly creative Applewhites.When the family’s biggest fan, Jeremy Bernstein, pulls up to Wit’s End in an “Art Bus,” he brings with him a proposal for an Education Expedition: a cross-country road trip, educational quest, and video-documented competition for a big cash prize. Jeremy also drags along his troubled but beautiful niece, Melody. She’ll be joining the expedition with her own rebellious flair, much to Jake’s delight . . . and E.D.’s exasperation.With characteristic Applewhite enthusiasm, the artists face disastrous performances, fainting goats, and some very bad ideas—but can they make it through the road trip in one piece?