Book of the Year Awards 2025 korrie2026-02-02T10:43:04-06:00January 7th, 2026| The Sword by Marty MachowskiFinalists and category winners are listed below. All titles are clickable links. Early ChildhoodHallelujah: A Biblical Hebrew Primer by Danielle Hitchen How Big is Grace? by Lauren Groves Praise God, All Creatures: A Doxology for Children by Jason G. Duesing What are Feelings For? by Abbey Wedgeworth WINNER Why Did God Create? by Sarah Ascol Picture Book TextThe 1689 Written in Rhyme by Kerry Regnier WINNER Gus Gets Badgered by Julie Lowe The Quest for the Best by Jimmy Needham The Very Best Baseball Game by Katie M. Blackburn We Sing! by Kristyn Getty Picture BookThe Best Bath Ever! by Paul Tautges The Good Shepherd and the Stubborn Sheep by Hannah E. Harrison He Always Hears by Alyson Punzi WINNER Jesus Moments: Jonah by Allison Mitchell John Calvin Institutes: Vol 1 edited by Martin & Joy Williams The Maker of the Mountain by Sandra McCracken Book IllustrationThe Anne of Green Gables Alphabet Illustrated by Angela Knox Hope Comes to Stay Illustrated by Gretchen Ellen Powers Jesus Loves You More Illustrated by Amy Grimes The King’s Cadets & Little Joe Illustrated by Joe Sutphin WINNER Pippa and the Singing Tree Illustrated by P.J. Lynch Family ResourceAdventures in the Gospels Vol 1 by David Luckman Foundational Truths for Family Worship: Volume 1 by Kelsey Jurkovich Read, Think, Pray, Do by Simon Camilleri The Sword by Marty Machowski WINNER The Wisdom of God by Tyler Van Halteren FictionBlades of Eternity and the Keeper of Peace by Zach Fox WINNER Beyond the Far Horizon by Carolyn Leiloglou The Captain of the Flyaway by Oliver Optic The Last Keeper by Kathryn Butler The Outsider by Katy Morgan Family Read AloudThe Artist by Amy Le Feuvre Beyond the Far Horizon by Carolyn Leiloglou Luis Palau by Vance Christie The Storyteller’s Bible by Kathryn Butler The Wisdom of God by Tyler Van Halteren WINNER Readers’ ChoiceEvery Nation: Seeing God Around the World by Sarah Nunnally WINNER He Always Hears by Alyson Punzi Jesus Loves You More by Hunter Beless Wild Faith by Valerie Ellis Why Did God Create? by Sarah Ascol