Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Easter 2021

Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Easter 2021
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 GOD GAVE US EASTER, Hardcover LISA TAWN BERGREN 9780307730725 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2013 $10.99
2 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND THE EASTER STORY: STICKERS INCLUDED! JAN BERENSTAIN AND MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310720874 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2012 $4.99
3 GOD GAVE US EASTER, Board Book LISA TAWN BERGREN 9780525654445 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2020 $6.99
4 THE STORY OF EASTER PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9780824918446 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2010 $7.99
5 THE EASTER STORY, Board Book PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9780824918996 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Feb. 2013 $7.99
6 THE STORY OF EASTER FIONA BOON 9781782351153 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2013 $6.99
7 THE EASTER STORY, Paperback PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9780824955311 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2006 $4.99
8 WHAT IS EASTER? MICHELLE MEDLOCK ADAMS 9780824918781 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Feb. 2013 $7.99
9 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS' EASTER SUNDAY MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310749028 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2016 $3.99
10 A VERY HAPPY EASTER PRAYER BONNIE RICKNER JENSEN 9780718075231 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2018 $8.99
11 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS THE VERY FIRST EASTER JAN BERENSTAIN 9780310762188 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2019 $3.99
12 PRECIOUS MOMENTS: MY EASTER BIBLE STORYBOOK PRECIOUS MOMENTS 9781400319367 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2012 $9.99
13 TWAS THE MORNING OF EASTER GLENYS NELLIST 9780310769064 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2021 $17.99
14 THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE THE VERY FIRST EASTER ZONDERVAN 9780310763017 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2018 $2.99
15 JESUS CALLING: THE STORY OF EASTER, Board Book SARAH YOUNG 9781400210343 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2020 $12.99
16 THE DONKEY WHO CARRIED A KING R. C. SPROUL 9781567692693 REFORMATION TRUST PUBLISHING Feb. 2012 $16.00
17 EASTER IS COMING! TAMA FORTNER 9781535937641 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2019 $9.99
18 HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL! STEVE NELSON AND JACK ROLLINS 9781546014300 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2020 $7.99
19 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS EASTER BLESSINGS MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780824919672 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2016 $7.99
20 BUNNY BLESSINGS KIM WASHBURN 9780310762096 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2018 $8.99
21 MY FIRST EASTER IDEALS 9780824919771 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2016 $6.99
22 THE TALE OF THREE TREES, Hardcover ANGELA ELWELL HUNT 9780745917436 DAVID C COOK Sep. 1989 $14.99
23 EASTER EGG DAY TARA KNUDSON 9780310767527 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2020 $9.99
24 HOLY WEEK: AN EMOTIONS PRIMER DANIELLE HITCHEN 9780736976961 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jan. 2019 $12.99
25 THE EASTER STORYBOOK: 40 BIBLE STORIES SHOWING WHO JESUS IS LAURA RICHIE 9780830778607 DAVID C COOK Jan. 2020 $18.99
26 THE DONKEY THAT NO ONE COULD RIDE ANTHONY DESTEFANO 9780736948517 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2012 $14.99
27 HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL!, Board Book STEVE NELSON AND JACK ROLLINS 9781546014317 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2020 $13.99
28 AN EASTER PRAYER AMY PARKER 9781400319411 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2013 $8.99
29 HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL!, Paperback STEVE NELSON AND JACK ROLLINS 9781546015000 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2021 $5.99
30 THE STORY OF EASTER THOMAS NELSON 9781400322381 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2013 $6.99
31 THE FIRST EASTER JESSLYN DEBOER 9780310708421 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2005 $3.99
32 EASTER EGG HUNT MAKE BELIEVE IDEAS LTD 9781788435383 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $6.99
33 GOOD NEWS! IT'S EASTER! GLENYS NELLIST 9781627079228 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Mar. 2019 $6.99
34 JESUS CALLING: THE STORY OF EASTER, Hardcover SARAH YOUNG 9781400210329 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2020 $17.99
35 THE WEEK THAT LED TO EASTER JOANNE LARRISON 9780570075721 CONCORDIA Jan. 2001 $2.99
36 BENJAMIN'S BOX: THE STORY OF THE RESURRECTION EGGS MELODY CARLSON 9780310715054 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2008 $8.99
37 CASE FOR CHRIST FOR KIDS LEE STROBEL WITH ROBERT ELMER 9780310719908 ZONDERKIDZ May. 2010 $8.99
38 HE IS RISEN ZONDERVAN 9780310764861 ZONDERVAN Feb. 2019 $17.99
39 LIFT-THE-FLAP EASTER STORIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN ANDREW J. DEYOUNG AND NAOMI JOY KRUEGER 9781506469911 BEAMING BOOKS Feb. 2021 $12.99
40 THE WAY TO THE SAVIOR: A FAMILY EASTER DEVOTIONAL ABBEY AND JEFF LAND 9781535994569 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2020 $12.99
41 AN EASTER PRAYER, Board Book AMY PARKER 9781400316892 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $9.99
42 GOD BLESS OUR EASTER HANNAH HALL 9781400324170 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2014 $9.99
43 THE EASTER STORY MAKE BELIEVE IDEAS LTD 9781400229819 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2021 $6.99
44 THE STORY OF EASTER MAKE BELIEVE IDEAS LTD 9781785989032 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2017 $6.99
45 HUMPHREY'S FIRST PALM SUNDAY CAROL HEYER 9780824916886 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Feb. 2019 $7.99
46 TELL ME ABOUT EASTER B&H KIDS EDITORIAL 9781462779208 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2018 $9.99
47 AMON'S ADVENTURE: A FAMILY STORY FOR EASTER ARNOLD YTREEIDE 9780825441714 KREGEL PUBLICATIONS Jan. 2011 $16.99
48 THE TALE OF THREE TREES, Board Book ANGELA ELWELL HUNT 9780745945934 LION PUBLISHING Jan. 2001 $8.99
49 THIS IS EASTER CRYSTAL BOWMAN AND TERI MCKINLEY 9781627077385 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Feb. 2018 $6.99
50 THE QUIET/CRAZY EASTER DAY JILL ROMAN LORD 9781535991940 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2020 $12.99

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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