Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Christmas 2023

Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Christmas 2023
Compiled and distributed by ECPA
List represents titles with a BISAC code of JUV and JNF.
Rank
Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub
Date
List
Price
Award
1 A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS PRAYER BONNIE RICKNER JENSEN 9780718030537 TOMMY NELSON Sep. 2015 $8.99
2 THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9781546002338 WORTHYKIDS Oct. 2022 $7.99
3 JESUS CALLING: THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS, Board Book SARAH YOUNG 9781400210305 TOMMY NELSON Oct. 2018 $12.99
4 SOUNDING JOY ELLIE HOLCOMB 9781087747828 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Sep. 2022 $14.99
5 THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS CLEMENT MOORE 9780824918842 WORTHYKIDS Oct. 2011 $7.99
6 GOD GAVE US CHRISTMAS, Hardcover LISA TAWN BERGREN 9781400071753 WATERBROOK PRESS Oct. 2006 $10.99
7 GOD GAVE US CHRISTMAS, Board Book LISA TAWN BERGREN 9780525653493 WATERBROOK PRESS Sep. 2019 $6.99
8 JESUS CALLING ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS PRAYERS SARAH YOUNG 9781400244027 TOMMY NELSON Aug. 2023 $9.99
9 THE CHRISTMAS PROMISE STORYBOOK ALISON MITCHELL 9781910307113 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2014 $16.99
10 THE CHRISTMAS STORY PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9780824919115 WORTHYKIDS Aug. 2013 $7.99
11 THE ADVENT STORYBOOK LAURA RICHIE 9780830776085 DAVID C COOK Oct. 2018 $18.99
12 THE FIRST CHRISTMAS NIGHT KEITH CHRISTOPHER 9780824956530 WORTHYKIDS Sep. 2013 $16.99
13 THE CRIPPLED LAMB MAX LUCADO 9781400318070 TOMMY NELSON Aug. 2011 $15.99
14 COCOA'S CRANKY CHRISTMAS THOMAS NELSON 9781400221943 TOMMY NELSON Oct. 2020 $9.99
15 A VERY NOISY CHRISTMAS TIM THORNBOROUGH 9781784982904 GOOD BOOK CO Sep. 2018 $4.99
16 25 DAYS OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY JOSH STRAUB AND CHRISTI STRAUB 9781087730387 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2020 $12.99
17 THE LEGEND OF THE CANDY CANE, NEWLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION LORI WALBURG 9780310730125 ZONDERKIDZ Sep. 2012 $17.99
18 SILENT NIGHT NOISY NIGHT B&H EDITORIAL STAFF 9781535940993 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2018 $9.99
19 THE WISE MEN WHO FOUND CHRISTMAS RAYMOND ARROYO 9781644136201 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Oct. 2022 $17.95
20 MY ADVENT NATIVITY PRESS-OUT-AND-PLAY BOOK TAMA FORTNER 9781400231850 TOMMY NELSON Sep. 2022 $16.99
21 THE SPIDER WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS RAYMOND ARROYO 9781644132111 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Oct. 2020 $17.95
22 THE DONKEY WHO CARRIED A KING R. C. SPROUL 9781567692693 LIGONIER MINISTRIES Feb. 2012 $19.00
23 THE WAY TO THE MANGER: A FAMILY ADVENT DEVOTIONAL JEFF LAND AND ABBEY LAND 9781535901932 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2018 $12.99
24 THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE ADVENT ACTIVITY BOOK SALLY LLOYD-JONES 9780310753797 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2023 $16.99
25 THE GIVING MANGER: A CHRISTMAS FAMILY TRADITION ALLISON HOTTINGER AND LISA KALBERER 9781546034223 WORTHYKIDS Oct. 2020 $39.99
26 SEEK AND FIND: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS: SARAH PARKER 9781784987732 GOOD BOOK CO Oct. 2022 $16.99
27 ALL CREATION WAITS - THE ADVENT MYSTERY OF NEW BEGINNINGS FOR CHILDREN GAYLE BOSS 9781640608283 PARACLETE PRESS (MA) Oct. 2023 $20.99
28 JOTHAM'S JOURNEY: A STORYBOOK FOR ADVENT ARNOLD YTREEIDE 9780825441745 KREGEL PUBLICATIONS Aug. 2008 $18.99
29 GOOD NEWS! IT'S CHRISTMAS! GLENYS NELLIST 9781627079235 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Oct. 2019 $11.99
30 THE CHRISTMAS PROMISE ALISON MITCHELL 9781784984397 GOOD BOOK CO Oct. 2019 $9.99
31 THE PROMISE AND THE LIGHT: A CHRISTMAS RETELLING KATY MORGAN 9781784986612 GOOD BOOK CO Oct. 2021 $14.99
32 THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE: A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE 9780310746706 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2015 $8.99
33 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND THE JOY OF GIVING FOR LITTLE ONES MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310139515 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2022 $6.99
34 THE FIRST CHRISTMAS NIGHT KEITH CHRISTOPHER 9781546003632 WORTHYKIDS Oct. 2023 $7.99
35 TWAS THE EVENING OF CHRISTMAS GLENYS NELLIST 9780310745532 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2017 $17.99
36 SAINT NICHOLAS: THE REAL STORY OF THE CHRISTMAS LEGEND JULIE STIEGEMEYER 9780758613417 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jul. 2007 $9.99
37 JESUS CALLING: THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS , Picture Book SARAH YOUNG 9781400210299 TOMMY NELSON Oct. 2018 $17.99
38 HUMPHREY'S FIRST CHRISTMAS CAROL HEYER 9780824956165 WORTHYKIDS Sep. 2013 $7.99
39 HOLY NIGHT AND LITTLE STAR MITALI PERKINS 9780593578049 WATERBROOK PRESS Sep. 2023 $15.99
40 THE GOOD NEWS OF CHRISTMAS ROUSSEAUX BRASSEUR 9780736986090 HARVEST KIDS Oct. 2022 $19.99
41 ONCE UPON THE VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS FOR LITTLE ONES RORY FEEK 9781400247035 TOMMY NELSON Oct. 2023 $10.99
42 THE ACTION BIBLE CHRISTMAS SERGIO CARIELLO 9780830784646 DAVID C COOK Oct. 2022 $19.99
43 A VERY FIONA CHRISTMAS ZONDERVAN 9780310767732 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2019 $17.99
44 SAINT NICHOLAS THE GIFTGIVER NED BUSTARD 9781514001806 IVP KIDS Oct. 2021 $18.00
45 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRISTMAS CHILD! LAURA SASSI 9781640607996 PARACLETE PRESS (MA) Oct. 2022 $9.99
46 WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? MICHELLE MEDLOCK ADAMS 9780824918859 WORTHYKIDS Oct. 2011 $7.99
47 GREAT AND SMALL CHRISTMAS B&H KIDS EDITORIAL 9781087784434 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Sep. 2023 $9.99
48 ONE WINTRY NIGHT RUTH BELL GRAHAM 9781400321162 TOMMY NELSON Oct. 2012 $14.99
49 SONG OF THE STARS: A CHRISTMAS STORY SALLY LLOYD-JONES 9780310722915 ZONDERKIDZ Aug. 2011 $17.99
50 THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION SALLY LLOYD-JONES 9780310769903 ZONDERKIDZ Nov. 2020 $24.99

Awards Legend:

Bronze Award Bronze Award (over 100,000 sold)

Gold Award Gold Award (over 500,000 sold)

Platinum Award Platinum Award (1 million sold)

Double Diamond Award Diamond Award (10 million sold)

Christian Book Award® Christian Book Award® winner

Book of the Year Book of the Year winner

Christy Award Christy Award winner

American Christian Fiction Carol Award winner ACFW Carol Award winner


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