Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Christmas 2019

Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Christmas 2019
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List represents titles with a BISAC code of JUV and JNF.
Rank
 Title Author ISBN Publisher Pub
Date		 List
Price		 Award
1 GOD GAVE US CHRISTMAS LISA TAWN BERGREN 9780525653493 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Sep. 2019
2 THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS CLEMENT MOORE 9780824918842 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Oct. 2011
3 A VERY FIONA CHRISTMAS ZONDERVAN 9780310767732 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2019
4 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, Boardbook JACK ROLLINS 9780824919108 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Sep. 2013
5 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, Hardcover JACK ROLLINS 9780824919351 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Oct. 2014
6 THE FIRST CHRISTMAS NIGHT KEITH CHRISTOPHER 9780824956530 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Sep. 2013
7 WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? MICHELLE MEDLOCK ADAMS 9780824918859 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Oct. 2011
8 VEGGIETALES AWAY IN A MANGER TRADITIONAL 9780824919894 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Oct. 2016
9 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310749240 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2016
10 TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS THOMAS NELSON 9781785984440 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Sep. 2016
11 CHRISTMAS COOKIE DAY! TARA KNUDSON 9780310762898 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2018
12 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, Hardcover2 STEVE NELSON 9780824916848 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Oct. 2018
13 THE CRIPPLED LAMB MAX LUCADO 9781400318070 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Aug. 2011
14 JOTHAM'S JOURNEY: A STORYBOOK FOR ADVENT ARNOLD YTREEIDE 9780825441745 KREGEL PUBLICATIONS Aug. 2008
15 ON CHRISTMAS DAY MARGARET WISE BROWN 9781546014560 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Oct. 2019
16 THE LEGEND OF THE CANDY CANE, Hardcover LORI WALBURG 9780310730125 ZONDERKIDZ Sep. 2012
17 THE LEGEND OF ST. NICHOLAS DANDI DALEY MACKALL 9780310731153 ZONDERKIDZ Sep. 2014
18 THE CHRISTMAS STAR MAKE BELIEVE IDEAS LTD 9781788439268 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019
19 ONE NIGHT IN BETHLEHEM JILL ROMAN LORD 9780824918637 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Sep. 2011
20 SNUGGLE TIME CHRISTMAS STORIES GLENYS NELLIST 9780310761327 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2017
21 THE LEGEND OF THE CANDY CANE, Boardbook LORI WALBURG 9780310746720 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2014
22 UP ON THE HOUSETOP BENJAMIN R. HANBY 9780824919603 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Sep. 2015
23 THE CHRISTMAS TRUCK THOMAS NELSON 9781400216451 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2019
24 THE NIGHT BAAFORE CHRISTMAS DAWN YOUNG 9781546014584 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Oct. 2019
25 SAINT NICHOLAS: THE REAL STORY OF THE CHRISTMAS LEGEND, Softcover JULIE STIEGEMEYER 9780758613417 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jul. 2007
26 A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR SANTA JOHN T. ELKINS 9780310729617 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2019
27 B IS FOR BETHLEHEM: A CHRISTMAS ALPHABET ISABEL WILNER 9780824956745 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Sep. 2015
28 TABITHA'S TRAVELS: A FAMILY STORY FOR ADVENT ARNOLD YTREEIDE 9780825441721 KREGEL PUBLICATIONS Jul. 2010
29 A VERY NOISY CHRISTMAS TIM THORNBOROUGH 9781784982904 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Sep. 2018
30 ISHTAR'S ODYSSEY: A FAMILY STORY FOR ADVENT ARNOLD YTREEIDE 9780825443930 KREGEL PUBLICATIONS Sep. 2015
31 BARTHOLOMEW'S PASSAGE: A FAMILY STORY FOR ADVENT ARNOLD YTREEIDE 9780825441738 KREGEL PUBLICATIONS Sep. 2009
32 HUMPHREY'S FIRST CHRISTMAS CAROL HEYER 9780824955595 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Aug. 2012
33 THE LITTLEST WATCHMAN: WATCHING AND WAITING FOR THE VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS SCOTT JAMES 9781784981402 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2017
34 ASSORTMENT MY CHRISTMAS COLLECTION BOX SET MAKE BELIEVE IDEAS LTD 9781786923592 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Oct. 2017
35 THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING RICK OSBORNE 9780310708988 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2004
36 THE STAR IN THE CHRISTMAS PLAY LYNNE MARIE 9781506438139 BEAMING BOOKS Oct. 2018
37 AWAY IN A MANGER MIKE JAROSZKO 9780758614971 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jul. 2009
38 SANTA'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN HELEN FOSTER JAMES 9781546014348 WORTHYKIDS/IDEALS Oct. 2019
39 THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE RICK OSBORNE 9780310700432 ZONDERKIDZ Sep. 2001
40 THE DONKEY IN THE LIVING ROOM SARAH CUNNINGHAM 9781433683176 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Sep. 2014
41 SAINT NICHOLAS: THE REAL STORY OF THE CHRISTMAS LEGEND, Hardcover JULIE STIEGEMEYER 9780758603760 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jul. 2003
42 PEACE ON EARTH, A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION MARY ENGELBREIT 9780310743408 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2013
43 ANGEL! ANGEL! WHAT DO YOU SEE? CHERRI PLESS DITTMER 9780758662101 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jun. 2019
44 THE VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS PAUL L. MAIER 9780758606167 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Aug. 2003
45 MY CHRISTMAS STORY TREE MARY MANZ SIMON 9780310761259 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2018
46 THE FRIENDLY BEASTS: AN OLD ENGLISH CHRISTMAS CAROL REBECCA ST JAMES 9780310720126 ZONDERKIDZ Sep. 2012
47 THE INVENTION OF LEFSE: A CHRISTMAS STORY LARRY WOIWODE 9781433527364 CROSSWAY Sep. 2011
48 A NIGHT OF GREAT JOY MARY ENGELBREIT 9780310743545 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2016
49 PAPA PANOV'S SPECIAL DAY MIG HOLDER 9780745965628 LION HUDSON Aug. 2017
50 ANNIKA'S SECRET WISH BEVERLY LEWIS 9780764221811 BETHANY HOUSE (BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP) Oct. 1999
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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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