Beaming Books

The Beaming Books Faith Collection

Children’s Books on Faith and Spirituality

Raising spiritual children can be a daunting endeavor. From a young age, children ask big existential questions that can challenge even the most thoughtful adult. At Beaming Books, we are passionate about creating progressive Christian books for kids that meet their open-hearted curiosity. We offer children a variety of stories told by a diverse array of storytellers that reflect values of peacemaking, justice, and inclusiveness. Whatever your religion or faith tradition, we hope our beautiful books help your child—and your inner child—navigate a complex world.

Lullaby for the King

Lullaby for the King

Nikki Grimes (Author)
Michelle Carlos (Illustrator)

Mother God

Mother God

Teresa Kim Pecinovsky (Author)
Khoa Le (Illustrator)

God's Holy Darkness

God's Holy Darkness

Sharei Green (Author)
Beckah Selnick (Author)
Nikki Faison (Illustrator)

The Just Love Story Bible

The Just Love Story Bible

Jacqui Lewis (Author)
Shannon Daley-Harris (Author)
Cheryl Thuesday (Illustrator)

I Am Not Afraid: Psalm 23 for Bedtime

I Am Not Afraid

Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (Author)
Marta Dorado (Illustrator)

Sparrow's Prayer

Sparrow's Prayer

Roger Hutchison (Author)
Ag Jatkowska (Illustrator)

God Is Just Like Me

God Is Just Like Me

Karen Valentin (Author)
Antonieta Muñoz Estrada (Illustrator)

What If I Can't Explain God?

What If I Can't Explain God?

Jennifer Grant (Author)
Hsulynn Pang (Illustrator)

Ways to See God

If God Were a Great Big Bear

A standout among God in nature books

If you are looking for books to teach kids about God, pick up If God Were a Great Big Bear. This picture book invites children to imagine God as a mighty whale, a waddly goose, a shining star, and many other elements of our environment. Together, these imaginings make up a story about the vastness of God’s presence. All genders are used for God in this poetic text, because God is in everyone. Paul Hardbridge’s simple verse and Marta Dorado’s lush illustrations depict an interconnected world, where people, animals, and plants matter, and where nature is God’s art.

Mother God

Mother God

Teresa Kim Pecinovsky (Author)
Khoa Le (Illustrator)

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Maybe God Is Like That Too

Maybe God Is Like That Too

Jennifer Grant (Author)
Benjamin Schipper (Illustrator)

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What If I Can't Explain God?

What If I Can't Explain God?

Jennifer Grant (Author)
Hsulynn Pang (Illustrator)

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God Is Just Like Me

God Is Just Like Me

Karen Valentin (Author)
Antonieta Muñoz Estrada (Illustrator)

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God Made All Your Feelings

God Made All Your Feelings

Amanda Flinn (Author)
Sejung Kim (Illustrator)

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Celebrations & Holidays

Each Day Is a Gift

Another day is delivered to you / like a gift waiting to be unwrapped / and used / and loved.

Each day brings the possibility of new gifts. We welcome some gifts with delight. Others are the kind we’d rather return.

Without mentioning God by name, this book cultivates gratitude by encouraging kids to celebrate every day. Each Day Is a Gift gently shows how gifts’ purposes are not always obvious right away, and while we cannot choose what gifts we receive, we can decide how to use them. Perfect for graduation, Thanksgiving, or a religious ceremony, Each Day is a Gift would make a beautiful and memorable present.

Water Come Down: The Day You Were Baptized

Water Come Down

Walter Wangerin Jr. (Author)
Gerardo Suzan (Illustrator)

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On the Day You Were Baptized

On the Day You Were Baptized

Taylor Young (Author)
Anita Schmidt (Illustrator)

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Lullaby for the King

Lullaby for the King

Nikki Grimes (Author)
Michelle Carlos (Illustrator)

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Look-and-Find Easter Stories for Young Children

Look-and-Find Easter Stories for Young Children

Megan Higgins (Illustrator)

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Lift-the-Flap Easter Stories for Young Children

Lift-the-Flap Easter Stories for Young Children

Andrew J. DeYoung (Author)
Naomi Joy Krueger (Author)
Megan Higgins (Illustrator)

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Lift-the-Flap Christmas Stories for Young Children

Lift-the-Flap Christmas Stories for Young Children

Naomi Joy Krueger (Author)
Megan Higgins (Illustrator)

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The Animals Speak: A Christmas Eve Legend

The Animals Speak

Marion Dane Bauer (Author)
Brittany Baugus (Illustrator)

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Mary and the Gardener

Mary and the Gardener

Paul Kerensa (Author)

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Children’s Story Bibles

The Just Love Story Bible

A groundbreaking, justice-oriented illustrated Bible for children

In an inspiring new storybook Bible for children, Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Rev. Dr. Shannon Daley-Harris join a tradition of sacred storytellers and question-askers. The best children’s bibles share the message that God loves us and created us to love God, love each other, to do justice, and to care about kindness. The Just Love Story Bible shows exactly that. It’s a book where families are invited to use their imaginations and understand that all people on earth deserve to be loved and to have justice, equality, and dignity. It is a children’s bible with Black characters and characters of every color.

Through retellings of thoughtfully selected Bible stories, The Just Love Story Bible presents a way to hear how others have also asked questions about God, and the answers they found; to have your own ideas; and to keep on wondering.

Frolic First Bible

Frolic First Bible

J A Reisch (Author)
Natasha Rimmington (Illustrator)

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The Spark Story Bible: Spark a Journey through God's Word, Family Edition

The Spark Story Bible: Spark a Journey through God's Word, Family Edition

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Lift-the-Flap Bible Stories for Young Children

Lift-the-Flap Bible Stories for Young Children

Andrew J. DeYoung (Author)
Naomi Joy Krueger (Author)
Megan Higgins (Illustrator)

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Frolic Preschool Bible

Frolic Preschool Bible

Lucy Bell (Author)
Natasha Rimmington (Illustrator)

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Praying Together

Sparrow's Prayer

“Teaching children how to pray is one of my most joyful and sacred tasks as a parish priest. Roger Hutchison's newest book will be at the top of my toolbox for this calling.”

—The Rev. Elizabeth Felicetti, rector of St. David’s Episcopal in Richmond, Virginia

Teaching kids prayer can be difficult, especially when you are teaching preschoolers about prayer, or elementary-age children. In Sparrow’s Prayer, Sparrow’s words get tangled in his beak, so Sparrow asks his friends how they pray. Each friend shows Sparrow creative ways to pray, through art, movement, and being generous. Sparrow learns that each life is a prayer of thanksgiving, and that sometimes, powerful prayers do not include words. Backmatter from the author offers suggestions on creative ways to pray with children.

Little Prayers for Everyday Life

Little Prayers for Everyday Life

Traci Smith (Author)
Anna Jones (Illustrator)

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The Lord Is My Shepherd: A Psalm 23 Pop-Up Book

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Agostino Traini (Illustrator)

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I Am Not Afraid: Psalm 23 for Bedtime

I Am Not Afraid

Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (Author)
Marta Dorado (Illustrator)

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Prayers for Faithful Families: Everyday Prayers for Everyday Life

Prayers for Faithful Families

Traci Smith (Author)

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Exploring Religion

God's Holy Darkness

God’s Holy Darkness offers an opportunity to challenge darkness as bad or evil, instead exploring the holy goodness that darkness has to offer. This is a beautiful work for our times.”

—National Catholic Reporter

God’s Holy Darkness by Sharei Green and Beckah Selnick is an anti-racist picture book that celebrates instances where the color black in the bible is beautiful, holy, and good. Singular among Black Christian children’s books, it teaches readers that blackness is something to celebrate as important in the life of faith, from the darkness at the start of creation to the blackness of the sky when Christ's birth was announced. Lush and vibrant illustrations by artist Nikki Faison underscore the mystery and beauty of these moments. Not just a children’s book for Black kids, hand this to all children (and adults) to remind them of the wondrous acts of God's holy darkness.

Religion around the World: A Curious Kid's Guide to the World's Great Faiths

Religion around the World

Sonja Hagander (Author)
Matthew Maruggi (Author)
Megan Borgert-Spaniol (Author)
Chester Bentley (Illustrator)

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The World Jesus Knew: A Curious Kid's Guide to Life in the First Century

The World Jesus Knew

Marc Olson (Author)
Jemima Maybank (Illustrator)

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The World of the Old Testament: A Curious Kid's Guide to the Bible's Most Ancient Stories

The World of the Old Testament

Marc Olson (Author)
Jemima Maybank (Illustrator)

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The World of the First Christians: A Curious Kid's Guide to the Early Church

The World of the First Christians

Marc Olson (Author)
Jemima Maybank (Illustrator)

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The Totally True Book of Strange and Surprising Bible Lists

The Totally True Book of Strange and Surprising Bible Lists

Carla Barnhill (Author)
Marc Olson (Author)
Kelsey Heaton (Illustrator)

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The Story of Us

The Story of Us

Mitali Perkins (Author)
Kevin Howdeshell (Illustrator)
Kristen Howdeshell (Illustrator)

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Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens

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The Birth of Jesus Advent Calendar and Nativity Scene

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Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too

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Grit and Grace: Heroic Women of the Bible

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This Is the Church

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There's No Wrong Way to Pray

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Spark Story Bible Devotions for Kids

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May God Bless You and Keep You

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The Family Time Bible

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All the Best Questions!: And Some Answers, Too

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Little Ewe: The Story of One Lost Sheep

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The Little Shepherd

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All God's Critters Sing Allelu

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For the Beauty of the Earth

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God's Protection Covers Me

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Still Stace: My Gay Christian Coming-of-Age Story, An Illustrated Memoir

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Los ángeles de Adriana

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A Cold Night: A Christmas Fable

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Wherever You Are

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