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Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Best of 2018

Compiled and distributed by the
Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA)
Rank |
Title | Author | ISBN | Publisher | Pub Date |
List Price |
Award |
1 | THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE | SALLY LLOYD-JONES | 9780310708254 | ZONDERKIDZ | Feb. 2007 | $18.99 |
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2 | THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE | ZONDERVAN | 9780310750130 | ZONDERKIDZ | Oct. 2016 | $18.99 |
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3 | GOD BLESS YOU & GOOD NIGHT | HANNAH HALL | 9781400322947 | THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS | Sep. 2013 | $9.99 | |
4 | THE ACTION BIBLE | SERGIO CARIELLO | 9780781444996 | DAVID C COOK | Sep. 2010 | $27.99 |
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5 | GOD GAVE US CHRISTMAS | LISA TAWN BERGREN | 9781400071753 | WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House | Oct. 2006 | $10.99 |
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6 | PRECIOUS MOMENTS: LITTLE BOOK OF PRAYERS | THOMAS NELSON | 9781400322787 | THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS | Sep. 2013 | $9.99 | |
7 | INDESCRIBABLE | LOUIE GIGLIO | 9780718086107 | THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS | Oct. 2017 | $17.99 | |
8 | THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS | PATRICIA A. PINGRY | 9780824918453 | IDEALS/ WORTHY PUBLISHING | Aug. 2010 | $6.99 |
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9 | WHEN GOD MADE YOU | MATTHEW PAUL TURNER | 9781601429186 | WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House | Feb. 2017 | $11.99 | |
10 | JESUS CALLING: 365 DEVOTIONS FOR KIDS | SARAH YOUNG | 9781400316342 | THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS | Oct. 2010 | $16.99 |
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11 | BABY'S FIRST BOOK OF PRAYERS | MELODY CARLSON | 9780310702870 | ZONDERKIDZ | Aug. 2002 | $7.99 | |
12 | GOD GAVE US YOU | LISA TAWN BERGREN | 9780307729910 | WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House | Jul. 2011 | $6.99 |
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13 | THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS | CLEMENT MOORE | 9780824918842 | IDEALS/ WORTHY PUBLISHING | Oct. 2011 | $6.99 | |
14 | I PRAYED FOR YOU | THOMAS NELSON | 9780718049874 | THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS | Nov. 2015 | $8.99 | |
15 | THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BIBLE | JANICE EMMERSON | 9780736962131 | HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS | Jul. 2014 | $24.99 | |
16 | YOU ARE SPECIAL | MAX LUCADO | 9780891079316 | CROSSWAY | Jun. 1997 | $16.99 | |
17 | FROSTY THE SNOWMAN | JACK ROLLINS | 9780824919108 | IDEALS/ WORTHY PUBLISHING | Sep. 2013 | $12.99 | |
18 | JESUS CALLING: THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS | SARAH YOUNG | 9781400210305 | THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS | Oct. 2018 | $12.99 | |
19 | JESUS CALLING: LITTLE BOOK OF PRAYERS | SARAH YOUNG | 9780718097530 | THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS | Jan. 2018 | $8.99 | |
20 | SAY AND PRAY BIBLE | DIANE STORTZ | 9780718036577 | THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS | Jul. 2015 | $9.99 | |
21 | LOVE DOES FOR KIDS | BOB GOFF | 9780718095222 | THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS | Oct. 2018 | $16.99 | |
22 | THE CHRISTMAS STORY | PATRICIA PINGRY | 9780824919115 | IDEALS/ WORTHY PUBLISHING | Aug. 2013 | $6.99 |
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23 | TEN LITTLE NIGHT STARS | DEB GRUELLE | 9780310762126 | ZONDERKIDZ | Jan. 2018 | $8.99 | |
24 | THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE GIFT EDITION | SALLY LLOYD-JONES | 9780310761006 | ZONDERKIDZ | Feb. 2017 | $24.99 |
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25 | JESUS CALLING FOR LITTLE ONES | SARAH YOUNG | 9780718033842 | THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS | Jun. 2015 | $8.99 |
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