Books

Explore stories, journals, and resources created by Steady Heart Studio—made to offer comfort, courage, and a place to begin.

The Steady Heart Christmas Collection 2026

Cozy, honest holiday stories and keepsakes for families, caregivers, and the children who need a little extra warmth this season.

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Captain Noodle’s Christmas Wish — Book One

Sometimes the biggest wish is simply to be together. Noah Bennett has a notebook full of inventions, a foster home full of kind people, and one Christmas wish he cannot build himself: to be with his mom and little sister, Sophie. A tender, funny Christmas story about family, foster care, and the extraordinary courage of keeping your heart open.

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Captain Noodle and the Things We Carry — Book Two

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Captain Noodle’s Companion Activity Book

A gentle companion for children with big feelings, brave stories, and important memories. Inside are writing pages, drawing prompts, coloring pages, and quiet moments to help children express themselves in their own way and at their own pace.

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The Stocking That Was Waiting

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Maybe I’m Next

A warm and tender Christmas picture book about hope, belonging, and waiting for the place where you are loved exactly as you are.

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Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow! — Christmas Coloring & Activity Book

A ridiculously gross Christmas coloring and activity book. Join Brody and his North Pole crew for 160 pages of goofy animals, silly jokes, mazes, word searches, puzzles, and more Christmas chaos than you can imagine.

Children’s Picture Books

Gentle stories for children and families, created to help young readers feel seen, supported, and a little less alone.

Bubba’s First Night

A gentle picture book about comfort, belonging, and finding a little light when everything feels new.

Cover of Bubba’s First Night by Sheradun Strand

Looking for a little more Bubba? Visit our free Bubba resource from Steady Heart Studio.

The Steady Heart Series

Warm, hopeful stories about children and families finding steadier ground through change, challenge, and connection. The series now includes ten books covering topics like housing instability, deployment, disability, divorce, and belonging — each with its own discussion guide.

Tiny Hearts Emotions

Simple stories for big feelings. A gentle picture-book series about the moments when two feelings are true at the same time — because there is room for both.

Steady Heart Feelings

Gentle stories that help children name big feelings and make brave choices.

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Everybody Looked at Me

A story about embarrassment, brave choices, and being yourself.

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The Vintage Vibe Club

A middle-grade time-travel series for ages 9–12 about two best friends, a mysterious rack of unpriced clothing, and the unfinished stories hidden inside ordinary things.

The Bus Seat Diaries

A lighthearted middle-grade series told from the seats of the school bus — where every ride brings a new adventure, a new friendship, and a little bit of chaos.

Wildspark Club

An illustrated nature-mystery series for ages 7–9 following three curious friends, a snack-loving flying squirrel, and the mysteries hiding in the natural world around them.

The Secret Order of the Lost Eraser

A fast, funny graphic-hybrid adventure series for ages 7–9 about everything that goes missing at school — and the hidden world where it all ends up.

Almost Grown

A contemporary YA series following five lifelong friends through one unforgettable senior year — friendship, first love, family, and the pressure of figuring out who you want to become.

The Glitch Hunters

A fast-paced middle-school tech-mystery series about four very different kids, a school AI that keeps learning, and a reality that’s starting to glitch.

Middle Grade

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Jonah and Junie

Now available!

Steady Hearts Gift Studio

COMING SOON — thoughtful gifts and keepsakes to go with Steady Heart stories. Join the waitlist to be the first to know.