Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Christmas 2024

Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Christmas 2024
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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 THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE: THE VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE 9780310762935 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2017 $3.99
2 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND THE JOY OF GIVING JAN BERENSTAIN AND MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310712558 ZONDERKIDZ Sep. 2010 $5.99
3 A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS PRAYER BONNIE RICKNER JENSEN 9780718030537 TOMMY NELSON Sep. 2015 $8.99
4 THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS CLEMENT MOORE 9780824918842 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2011 $7.99
5 SOUNDING JOY ELLIE HOLCOMB 9781087747828 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Sep. 2022 $14.99
6 GOD GAVE US CHRISTMAS, Board Book LISA TAWN BERGREN 9780525653493 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Sep. 2019 $6.99
7 GOD GAVE US CHRISTMAS LISA TAWN BERGREN 9781400071753 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Oct. 2006 $10.99
8 THE CHRISTMAS STORY PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9780824919115 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Aug. 2013 $7.99
9 JESUS CALLING ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS PRAYERS SARAH YOUNG 9781400244027 TOMMY NELSON Aug. 2023 $9.99
10 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310749240 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2016 $5.99
11 THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9781546002338 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2022 $7.99
12 THE CHRISTMAS PROMISE STORYBOOK ALISON MITCHELL 9781910307113 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2014 $16.99
13 THE ADVENT STORYBOOK LAURA RICHIE 9780830776085 DAVID C COOK Oct. 2018 $18.99
14 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS, THE VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS JAN BERENSTAIN AND MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310751021 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2015 $5.99
15 BABY JESUS IS BORN GLORIA TRUITT 9780758606358 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jan. 2005 $2.99
16 THE LEGEND OF THE CANDY CANE NEWLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION LORI WALBURG 9780310730125 ZONDERKIDZ Sep. 2012 $18.99
17 THE CRIPPLED LAMB MAX LUCADO 9781400318070 TOMMY NELSON Aug. 2011 $16.99
18 THE FIRST CHRISTMAS NIGHT KEITH CHRISTOPHER 9780824956530 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Sep. 2013 $16.99
19 A VERY NOISY CHRISTMAS TIM THORNBOROUGH 9781784982904 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Sep. 2018 $4.99
20 THE WAY TO THE MANGER JEFF LAND AND ABBEY LAND 9781535901932 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2018 $12.99
21 ALL CREATION WAITS CHILDREN'S EDITION GAYLE BOSS 9781640608283 PARACLETE PRESS Oct. 2023 $20.99
22 THE GIVING MANGER ALLISON HOTTINGER AND LISA KALBERER 9781546034223 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Oct. 2020 $39.99
23 25 DAYS OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY: AN ADVENT FAMILY EXPERIENCE JOSH STRAUB AND CHRISTI STRAUB 9781087730387 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2020 $12.99
24 JESUS CALLING: THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS, Board Book SARAH YOUNG 9781400210305 TOMMY NELSON Oct. 2018 $12.99
25 THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE JESUS IS BORN: MY FIRST THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE 9780310760504 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2019 $5.99
26 THE CHRISTMAS PROMISE, Board Book ALISON MITCHELL 9781784984397 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2019 $9.99
27 THE PROMISE AND THE LIGHT KATY MORGAN 9781784986612 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2021 $14.99
28 DISCOVERING CHRISTMAS AMANDA JASS 9781400249015 TOMMY NELSON Sep. 2024 $14.99
29 THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION SALLY LLOYD-JONES 9780310769903 ZONDERKIDZ Nov. 2020 $24.99
30 TWAS THE NIGHT WILLIAM DEAN 9781496476074 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Sep. 2023 $15.99
31 JESUS CALLING: THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS SARAH YOUNG 9781400210299 TOMMY NELSON Oct. 2018 $17.99
32 GOOD NEWS! IT'S CHRISTMAS! GLENYS NELLIST 9781627079235 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Oct. 2019 $11.99
33 THE GOOD NEWS OF CHRISTMAS ROUSSEAUX BRASSEUR 9780736986090 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Oct. 2022 $19.99
34 CHRISTMAS IS COMING! TAMA FORTNER 9781087713786 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Oct. 2020 $9.99
35 BUSTER AND THE CHRISTMAS PARADE DALE EARNHARDT JR 9781400250332 TOMMY NELSON Oct. 2024 $18.99
36 THE SPIDER WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS RAYMOND ARROYO 9781644132111 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Oct. 2020 $17.95
37 SAINT NICHOLAS JULIE STIEGEMEYER 9780758613417 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jan. 2007 $10.99
38 JOTHAM'S JOURNE - A STORYBOOK FOR ADVENT ARNOLD YTREEIDE 9780825441745 KREGEL PUBLICATIONS Aug. 2008 $18.99
39 THE CHRISTMAS STORY FOR CHILDREN MAX LUCADO 9780310735984 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2014 $6.99
40 THE CHRISTMAS STORY BRICK BY BRICK RACHAEL HOOD 9781802541052 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Oct. 2024 $5.99
41 HUMPHREY'S FIRST CHRISTMAS CAROL HEYER 9780824956165 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Sep. 2013 $7.99
42 THE NIGHT BEFORE JESUS HERBERT F. BROKERING 9780758660299 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jan. 2018 $16.99
43 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRISTMAS CHILD! LAURA SASSI 9781640607996 PARACLETE PRESS Oct. 2022 $9.99
44 ONE WINTRY NIGHT RUTH BELL GRAHAM 9781400321162 TOMMY NELSON Oct. 2012 $18.99
45 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND THE JOY OF GIVING FOR LITTLE ONES MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310139515 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2022 $6.99
46 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS GO CHRISTMAS CAROLING MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310763635 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2019 $6.99
47 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS GET READY FOR CHRISTMAS JAN BERENSTAIN AND MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310720829 ZONDERKIDZ Sep. 2011 $7.99
48 TWAS THE EVENING OF CHRISTMAS GLENYS NELLIST 9780310745532 ZONDERKIDZ Oct. 2017 $19.99
49 CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN ANTHONY DESTEFANO 9781644139998 SOPHIA INSTITUTE PRESS Sep. 2024 $17.95
50 UNWRAPPING THE NAMES OF JESUS FOR KIDS ASHERITAH CIUCIU 9780802423801 MOODY PUBLISHERS Nov. 2022 $16.99
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