Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Easter 2022

Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Easter 2022
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, Board book LISA TAWN BERGREN 9780525654445 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2020 $6.99
2 GOD GAVE US EASTER, Hardcover LISA TAWN BERGREN 9780307730725 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Jan. 2013 $10.99
3 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND THE EASTER STORY JAN BERENSTAIN 9780310720874 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2012 $4.99
4 THE EASTER STORY, Board book PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9780824918996 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Feb. 2013 $7.99
5 THE STORY OF EASTER PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9781546001058 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2022 $7.99
6 THE EASTER STORY, Paperback PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9780824955311 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2006 $4.99
7 JESUS CALLING: THE STORY OF EASTER SARAH YOUNG 9781400210343 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2020 $12.99
8 WHERE'S MY EASTER BASKET? BOB HOLT 9781546012641 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2022 $7.99
9 THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE THE VERY FIRST EASTER THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE 9780310763017 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2018 $3.99
10 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS' EASTER SUNDAY MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310749028 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2016 $3.99
11 GREAT AND SMALL EASTER PAMELA KENNEDY 9781087730141 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2021 $8.99
12 WHAT IS EASTER? MICHELLE MEDLOCK ADAMS 9780824918781 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Feb. 2013 $7.99
13 HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL!, Board book STEVE NELSON AND JACK ROLLINS 9781546014300 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2020 $7.99
14 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS EASTER BLESSINGS MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780824919672 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2016 $7.99
15 A VERY HAPPY EASTER PRAYER BONNIE RICKNER JENSEN 9780718075231 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2018 $8.99
16 THE TALE OF THREE TREES ANGELA ELWELL HUNT 9780745917436 DAVID C COOK Sep. 1989 $14.99
17 TWAS THE MORNING OF EASTER GLENYS NELLIST 9780310769064 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2021 $17.99
18 GOOD NEWS! IT'S EASTER! GLENYS NELLIST 9781627079228 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Mar. 2019 $11.99
19 EASTER IS COMING! TAMA FORTNER 9781535937641 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2019 $9.99
20 THE GARDEN, THE CURTAIN, AND THE CROSS, Board book CARL LAFERTON 9781784985813 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Feb. 2021 $9.99
21 AN EASTER PRAYER AMY PARKER 9781400319411 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2013 $8.99
22 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS THE VERY FIRST EASTER JAN BERENSTAIN AND MIKE BERENSTAIN 9780310762188 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2019 $3.99
23 JESUS ROSE FOR ME JARED KENNEDY 9781645070450 NEW GROWTH PRESS Mar. 2020 $12.99
24 JESUS CALLING: THE STORY OF EASTER SARAH YOUNG 9781400210329 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Jan. 2020 $17.99
25 HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL!, Board book STEVE NELSON AND JACK ROLLINS 9781546014317 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2020 $13.99
26 THE DONKEY THAT NO ONE COULD RIDE ANTHONY DESTEFANO 9780736948517 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Feb. 2012 $14.99
27 THE EASTER STORYBOOK LAURA RICHIE 9780830778607 DAVID C COOK Jan. 2020 $18.99
28 REALLY WOOLLY MY FIRST EASTER DAYSPRING AND BONNIE RICKNER JENSEN 9781400225132 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2022 $9.99
29 HOLY WEEK: AN EMOTIONS PRIMER DANIELLE HITCHEN 9780736976961 HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS Jan. 2019 $12.99
30 THE DONKEY WHO CARRIED A KING R. C. SPROUL 9781567692693 LIGONIER MINISTRIES Mar. 2012 $16.00
31 THE WEEK THAT LED TO EASTER JOANNE LARRISON 9780570075721 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jan. 2001 $3.49
32 BENJAMIN'S BOX: THE STORY OF THE RESURRECTION EGGS MELODY CARLSON 9780310715054 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2008 $8.99
33 HAPPY EASTER ZONDERVAN 9780310770916 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2022 $4.99
34 HE IS RISEN: ROCKS TELL THE STORY OF EASTER ZONDERVAN AND PATTI ROKUS 9780310764861 ZONDERVAN Feb. 2019 $17.99
35 A VERY HAPPY EASTER TIM THORNBOROUGH 9781784983666 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Jan. 2019 $4.99
36 HUMPHREY'S FIRST PALM SUNDAY CAROL HEYER 9780824916886 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Feb. 2019 $7.99
37 A PRAYER FOR EASTER ZONDERVAN 9780310770909 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2022 $4.99
38 MY FIRST EASTER IDEALS 9780824919771 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2016 $6.99
39 THE TALE OF THREE TREES ANGELA ELWELL HUNT 9780745945934 DAVID C COOK Jan. 2001 $8.99
40 EASTER BLESSINGS DAYSPRING AND BONNIE RICKNER JENSEN 9780718092566 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2017 $9.99
41 AMON'S ADVENTURE: A FAMILY STORY FOR EASTER ARNOLD YTREEIDE 9780825441714 KREGEL PUBLICATIONS Jan. 2011 $18.99
42 THE WAY TO THE SAVIOR: A FAMILY EASTER DEVOTIONAL ABBEY LAND AND JEFF LAND 9781535994569 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2020 $12.99
43 EASTER EGG BOARD BOOKS, 3 PACK ZONDERVAN 9780310770930 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2022 $12.99
44 BARE TREE AND LITTLE WIND: A STORY FOR HOLY WEEK MITALI PERKINS 9780593234877 WATERBROOK, an imprint of Penguin Random House Feb. 2022 $15.99
45 SNUGGLE TIME EASTER STORIES GLENYS NELLIST 9780310770725 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2022 $9.99
46 THE EASTER FIX STEPH WILLIAMS 9781784985844 GOOD BOOK COMPANY Feb. 2021 $4.99
47 MY FIRST EASTER STORYBOOK LAURA RICHIE 9780830784158 DAVID C COOK Feb. 2022 $8.99
48 HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL!, Paperback STEVE NELSON AND JACK ROLLINS 9781546015000 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2021 $5.99
49 EASTER EGG DAY TARA KNUDSON 9780310767527 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2020 $9.99
50 CLEVER CUB AND THE EASTER SURPRISE BOB HARTMAN 9780830782543 DAVID C COOK Feb. 2022 $5.99
51 THIS IS EASTER CRYSTAL BOWMAN AND TERI MCKINLEY 9781627077385 OUR DAILY BREAD PUBLISHING Feb. 2018 $6.99
52 THE LEGEND OF THE EASTER ROBIN DANDI DALEY MACKALL 9780310749646 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2016 $16.99
53 WHY IS THERE A CROSS? KATHLEEN BOSTROM 9781414367644 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mar. 2012 $3.99
54 BUNNY FINDS EASTER LAURA SASSI 9780310734192 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2022 $8.99
55 THE FIRST EASTER JESSLYN DEBOER 9780310708421 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2005 $3.99
56 THE VERY FIRST EASTER PAUL L. MAIER 9780758606273 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jan. 2004 $8.99
57 THE RESURRECTION CYNDA STRONG 9780758618597 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jan. 2010 $3.49
58 MAKE ROOM: A CHILD'S GUIDE TO LENT AND EASTER LAURA ALARY 9781612616599 PARACLETE PRESS Jan. 2016 $16.99
59 MY EASTER BASKET, Board book MARY MANZ SIMON 9781433689901 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2016 $15.99
60 AN EASTER PRAYER TOUCH AND FEEL AMY PARKER 9781400316892 THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS Feb. 2019 $9.99
61 EASTER LOVE LETTERS FROM GOD GLENYS NELLIST 9780310760658 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2018 $16.99
62 THE EASTER STORY FOR CHILDREN MAX LUCADO 9780310735946 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2013 $6.99
63 THE DAY JESUS DIED BRYAN DAVIS 9780570075431 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jan. 1998 $3.49
64 THE STORY OF EASTER, Board book PATRICIA A. PINGRY 9780824918446 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2010 $7.99
65 BUNNY BLESSINGS KIM WASHBURN 9780310762096 ZONDERKIDZ Jan. 2018 $8.99
66 THE STORY OF THE EMPTY TOMB BRYAN DAVIS 9780570075448 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Jan. 1998 $3.49
67 THE QUIET/CRAZY EASTER DAY JILL ROMAN LORD 9781535991940 B&H PUBLISHING GROUP Feb. 2020 $12.99
68 THE GREAT EASTER EGG HUNT MELINDA LEE RATHJEN AND GREG FRITZ 9781546037101 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Jan. 2021 $7.99
69 CELEBRATE EASTER BROADSTREET PUBLISHING GROUP LLC 9781424558384 BROADSTREET PUBLISHING Feb. 2020 $6.99
70 THE EASTER STORY MAKE BELIEVE IDEAS LTD 9781400229819 THOMAS NELSON Feb. 2021 $6.99
71 GOD BLESS OUR EASTER HANNAH HALL 9781400324170 THOMAS NELSON Feb. 2014 $9.99
72 THE STORY OF EASTER PHIL A. SMOUSE 9781641236195 WHITAKER HOUSE Jan. 2021 $5.99
73 THE FIRST EASTER EVER ZONDERVAN 9780310740841 ZONDERKIDZ Feb. 2015 $2.99
74 FIRST EASTER SUSANA GAY 9780824916855 WORTHYKIDS, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Feb. 2019 $6.99
75 MY HAPPY EASTER BOOK GLORIA A. TRUITT 9780758604576 CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE Dec. 1969 $3.49
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