The Kids' Shelf

Hello, Baby! Bible Storybook

Antonia Woodward

A board book with a carry handle presenting sixteen Bible stories, from Creation and Noah's ark to Jesus' miracles and resurrection, with animal sounds and opposites.

The Snow Loves

Kirsten Hall, illus. Marc Martin

A poem about winter in a snowy forest and the animals that live there.

Love-a-by

Laura Sassi

A rhyming board-book lullaby that moves through a little one's day, from morning walks and naps to messy meals and baths, celebrating comfort, togetherness, and love.

Good News of Great Joy

Chris Tomlin

A Christmas story about Shep, a young shepherd, and his dog, Shadow, whose first night guarding the sheep alone is interrupted by angels announcing Jesus's birth.

The Underground Adventure of the Brave Frog Renée

Mikolaj Pa

The first Brave Frog Renée book follows a curious frog who packs her supplies and pushes through an oak tree's roots to discover what lies inside the Earth.

Help! I'm Being Eaten by a Bear!

Neil Sharpson

A comic guide to what not to do when meeting a bear, from the creators of Don't Trust Fish, illustrated by Dan Santat.

Good Bear, Bad Bear

Hyewon Yum

A younger sister who feels outshone by her tidy, talented older sister names her teddy Bad Bear, in a story about sibling comparison and self-worth.

Brain vs. Screen

Bethany Barton

A nonfiction picture book explaining how dopamine and too much screen time affect the brain, and how children can tell when they have had enough.

Whale Song

Nicola Davies, illus. Britta Teckentrup

How humpback whales learn songs from one another and carry them across the oceans.

The Greatest Project in Space

Markus Motum

How the International Space Station was built piece by piece in orbit and how astronauts live and work there.

Our Family Devotional

Adam Griffin

Fifty-two family devotions tracing imperfect families through the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, each with discussion questions on forgiveness, conflict, prayer, and grace at home.

Salvation

Joel R. Beeke and Nick Thompson

Ninety family-worship readings from Romans through Philemon.

David's Diary #3: The Big Bully

Bunmi Laditan

Book 3 of David's Diary: nine-year-old David brings his new Christmas gadget to school and becomes the main target of new student Greg, told in illustrated diary entries.

Covenants for Kids

O. Palmer Robertson, illus. Joe Hox

A color-coded walk through the covenants of the Bible, showing how each one points to Christ.

Field Day Frenzy

Mike Nawrocki

In Dead Sea Squirrels book 14, Michael is named Field Day captain and set on winning, while Merle and Pearl urge him to rethink his leadership.

Stella & Marigold: Past and Presents

Annie Barrows, illus. Sophie Blackall

Sisters Stella and Marigold learn that a girl once lived in their house, wrote on its walls, and left presents behind.

The Biggest Story Scripture Journal for Kids: Genesis

ESV, illus. Don Clark

The full ESV text of Genesis with a journaling page across from every page of Scripture.

God's Story, Our Story

Charlotte and Andrew Ollerton

Nine weeks of fifteen-minute family devotions through the whole Bible, with audio by QR code.

Totally True Tales from World War II

Stuart Gibbs, illus. Ward Jenkins

True stories of commando raids, codebreaking, and deception, told by the narrator of the Spy School series.

Content note: Wartime raids and combat.

Truth Pursuer

Focus on the Family

A Focus on the Family book exploring creation, science, Scripture, and everyday life, showing how nature and numbers point to God and why Christian beliefs are true.

The Accidental World-Slip of Astrid Verity

Jaclyn Moriarty

A misfired spell drops ten-year-old Astrid out of a tournament and into a Sydney suburb, where a girl named Echo takes her in.

Content note: Grief over a mother's death; peril in the wilderness.

Backpack, Boy, Berlin

Kip Wilson, illus. Matt Schu

In 1938, ten-year-old Don moves to Berlin with his diplomat father and begins carrying secret messages for the resistance. A novel in verse.

Content note: Nazi persecution and danger to members of the resistance.

This Is a Door

Daniel Nayeri

An orphan named Ing sets out with his dog and mouse on a twelve-stage quest, while the words on the page change shape around him.

Content note: An invented Land of the Dead, a ghost, and a monster fight; the hero has lost his parents.

Eliana's Quest

Arnold Ytreeide

A family read-aloud set during Acts 15-18: thirteen-year-old dyer Eliana, avoiding an unwanted marriage, joins Paul's second missionary journey, with a short devotion after each chapter.

10 Questions About Growing in Christ

William R. Osborne

Thirty readings on prayer, Bible reading, church, hard times, and feeling not good enough.

Where the Wild Horses Are

Amy Alznauer

Twelve-year-old Nash, the hearing daughter of a Deaf family, enters a contest to gentle a wild mustang in one hundred days.

The Charlatan's Boy

Jonathan Rogers

On the Corenwald frontier, Grady tours with con man Floyd as "The Ugliest Boy in the World" until Floyd's hoax about swamp-dwelling feechiefolk sets off a countrywide panic.

Where Wonder Leads

Eryn Lynum, illus. Chiara Fedele

A young naturalist named Willow explores the outdoors, and each chapter pairs science with Scripture.

Pilgrim's Progress: The Graphic Novel

John Bunyan, adapted by Jeremy Patenaude, illus. Brent McKee

Bunyan's allegory in graphic-novel form, keeping his own language, with a short reflection after each chapter.

Content note: Dark imagery and peril, as in the original.