Books with author Stephanie Soto

This gentle, sleepytime board book is perfect to share with your little one at bedtime. With beautiful illustrations of woodland animals, a squishy padded cover and sturdy pages for little hands, your toddler will love snuggling up to read this lyrical bedtime rhyme night after night. With a huge glittery moon on the front cover, it’s an ideal gift for 1 to 3 year olds too! As each woodland family gets ready for bed, Little Deer isn’t ready to sleep yet. “Is Fox still awake? Are the squirrels still playing in the trees?” Follow Mummy Deer as she takes her fawn on a bedtime walk, meeting lots of other sleepy animals along the way, before it’s time for everyone to drift off to sleep! The perfect companion to Under the Sleepy Stars, also by Stephanie Shaw and Rebecca Harry.

Crocodiles are some of the craftiest hunters in the world. They lie underwater with only their eyes and nose above the surface and wait for prey to wander by. Then, in the blink of an eye, they leap forward and clamp their vice-like jaws down on the unlucky animal and drag it into the water. Readers will be amazed when they see the dazzling images of crocodiles in the wild.

On a star-sprinkled night, an owl and her owlet watch as the forest animals settle down to sleep. “Who tucks Fawn in? Who cuddles Cub?” asks the wide-awake owlet. But as night turns to dawn, it’s Owlet who needs a goodnight hug . . . This soothing, bedtime rhyme from Stephanie Shaw (Bedtime in the Meadow) is perfect for rocking toddlers off to sleep. Little hands will love the padded, squishy cover and sturdy board pages. With magical illustrations from Rebecca Harry (Foxes in the Snow), this will make an adorable gift for a one- to three-year-olds.

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.

Andrian Kieran was following in his equestrian father’s Olympic-size footsteps until a tragic accident kills his horse and shatters his confidence. When Andrian’s dad accepts a job as horse trainer at a dressage farm in Illinois, Andrian and an ill-tempered stallion move with him. Andrian’s plan is simply to finish high school, move on to college, forget all about riding and horse shows—but fate intervenes when Kori Mankato, the farm owner’s daughter, asks Andrian to help her train to be a Three-Day Event rider. Eventing and romance are not what Andrian’s looking for, but as he trains Kori for her first event their mutual love of horses brings them closer—until the fateful day when Andrian is forced to face his deepest fears and move toward his own destiny.