Tara-Leigh Cobble’s The Bible Recap for Kids named Christian Book of the Year®; titles from Brazos Press and Baker Books also recognized
ADA, Mich., April 30, 2026 — Baker Publishing Group is celebrating three wins at the 2026 Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Christian Book Award® program, including the program’s highest honor, Christian Book of the Year®, awarded to The Bible Recap for Kids: A 365-Day Guide through the Bible for Young Readers by Tara-Leigh Cobble (Bethany House).
The awards were presented April 28 at the ECPA Awards Celebration, held at the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg during the ECPA Leadership Summit. The Christian Book Award® program, established in 1978, recognizes excellence in Christian publishing across content, literary quality, design, and impact.
“We are grateful for the recognition this year at the Christian Book Awards for all three of our titles,” said Jesse Myers, president of Baker Publishing Group, who accepted the awards at the event. “We are privileged to work with authors of the highest caliber and to have a part to play in bringing their message to the world. We are especially proud to see The Bible Recap for Kids recognized with the book of the year award. Tara-Leigh’s joyful and welcoming ministry is bringing people all over the world closer to the Bible. It’s a tremendous privilege to have a part to play in bringing that message to the world.”
The Bible Recap for Kids: A 365-Day Guide through the Bible for Young Readers is a kid-friendly adaptation of the bestselling The Bible Recap, this 365-day guide helps young readers build a lasting rhythm of Bible reading. The win comes amid continued momentum in Bible publishing and reflects strong national and global demand for accessible, habit-forming resources that help readers engage Scripture daily.
The title builds on a highly successful franchise: The Bible Recap earned the Platinum Milestone Sales Award in 2025, while the kids’ edition and companion devotional received a 2026 Bronze Award. Cobble also hosts a daily podcast that has had more than 500 million downloads.
In the Christian Living category, Karen Swallow Prior won for You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful (Brazos Press)
In You Have a Calling, acclaimed author and literary scholar Prior invites readers to consider vocation as more than career, drawing on the classical pursuit of the true, the good, and the beautiful to help readers discern how God has uniquely formed them and what that formation is for. The recognition affirms Prior’s growing influence as a leading voice for thoughtful Christian engagement with calling, work, and culture.
Pastoral Confessions: The Healing Path to Faithful Ministry, by Jamin Goggin (Baker Books) won the Ministry Resources category.
Pastoral Confessions speaks honestly to the hidden weight pastors carry, offering a healing path forward for ministry leaders navigating burnout, isolation, and the pressures of vocational ministry. With pastoral wisdom shaped by his own experience, Jamin Goggin provides a resource that meets a pressing need within the church and reflects Baker Books’s longstanding commitment to publishing trusted tools that strengthen those who serve.
For more information about the 2026 Christian Book Award® program, visit ChristianBookAwards.com.
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