Beaming Books

09/19/2025

🚨 GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🚨

We are excited to be giving away a limited number of advance copies of The Just Love Story Bible, the new storybook bible from Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Rev. Dr. Shannon Daley-Harris!

Click here to enter on Goodreads: https://hubs.li/Q03KbpVZ0

09/16/2025

Lina travels the streets of Bogotá, Colombia with her Mamá and discovers a wall of graffiti with the words ÚNICO COMO TÚ, UNIQUE LIKE YOU.
Unique Like You, a bilingual picture book (English and Spanish), encourages readers to look at the world with curious eyes. What unique treasures wait to be discovered around us? What makes each of us unique?

09/16/2025

From sunrise to sunset, a community journeys through a Thanksgiving day, bringing together offerings of family, friendship, tradition, and love. Together, they harvest their gardens for a food bank, run the annual Turkey Trot, share recipes passed down for generations, and welcome friends and family home as they gather block party-style for Thanksgiving dinner.

“A joyful title that emphasizes the importance of connection and togetherness, whether with family or found family.” –School Library Journal

09/15/2025

Stories are meant to connect the past, present, and future—to act as a bridge. They are a form of shared history, a source of historical knowledge. In this way they are always with us.

And Grandmother Moon is always with us. She is the first of all mothers. She watches over us and her daughter, Mother Earth. We are her grandchildren. She is there to guide us and this story reminds us wherever we are we are safe and loved.

09/15/2025

Sometimes Christmas is not all we hope or expect it to be. The Christmas That Almost Wasn't invites readers to ponder how sometimes, when things are taken away, it brings us closer to the heart of the holy mystery that still draws us into its warmth.

Aidan's city is hit with an ice storm just days before Christmas, ruining all Christmas plans. But, as Aidan's mom tells the Christmas story, he realizes that the first Christmas was full of disappointment and unexpected community too. Suddenly Christmas feels special again as Aidan feels connected to the Bible story from long ago, to his grandparents far away, and to his neighbors and family nearby.

09/09/2025

Every winter solstice, one evergreen is crowned Tree of the Year, and this year, Sapling wants nothing more than to win. Her chances are as small as her stature, but when she befriends an overlooked neighbor, she wonders if they might reach new heights together.

Deep in the forest, where giant pines grow . . . Eager, young Sapling stands covered in snow.

The Littlest Solstice Tree brings together themes of intergenerational friendship, challenging the status quo, and youth bringing about change.

“Add this lovely tale that teaches the history of a favorite winter tradition to library shelves and winter displays.” –School Library Journal

09/09/2025

Two-List Thanksgiving celebrates the beauty of blending traditions of all family backgrounds to create a truly multicultural holiday celebration.

In this Korean American Thanksgiving story, a girl makes two lists for dinner preparation—one for the local market and one for the Korean market. By the end of the meal, she has a newfound love for her family's two distinct cultures.

09/09/2025

🎉 The Bible we’ve all been waiting for is finally here! 🎉

Don’t take our word for it. Cindy Wang Brandt from Raising Children UnFundamentalist says that she finally has a fantastic choice when people ask her to recommend a children’s Bible!

“We get asked all the time for children’s Bible recommendations, whether it’s from folks who are progressive and still Christian, or from non-religious people who have kids curious about the Bible story and NOW WE FINALLY HAVE A FANTASTIC CHOICE!

"The Just Love Story Bible is an incredible compilation of Bible stories that focus on love, justice, revolution, and relationships.
"Listen, we all know that the Bible is a complicated text. And that ‘the Bible clearly says’ is just hogwash; it’s always people who have agendas wielding the biblical text as a way to further their agenda. This Bible is no different. But it is an agenda of love, inclusion, and diversity. I’m thrilled [this Bible] exists and can’t wait to gift it to children and families.”—Cindy Wang Brandt

Order now from your favorite bookseller. Learn more >> https://hubs.li/Q03HH4yJ0

09/04/2025

Unique Like You transports readers to the colorful streets of Bogotá and encourages us to look at the world with curious eyes. What unique treasures wait to be discovered around us? What makes each of us unique? Spanish vocabulary is woven throughout the story and a helpful glossary in the back of the book makes it an accessible read for all.

09/03/2025

AVAILABLE NOW: Thanksgiving Is a Blessing celebrates the holiday as an opportunity to be our best selves. No matter how one celebrates, it is a chance to connect and reconnect, reminisce and make new memories.

“A joyful title that emphasizes the importance of connection and togetherness, whether with family or found family.” –School Library Journal

“Warmhearted quatrains from Tawil Kenyon applaud Thanksgiving's many attributes in this appreciative seasonal picture book.” –Publishers Weekly

09/02/2025

"A simple picture book about the beauty of being alone and the power that comes from depending on others and working together." —School Library Journal

Centered on the love of reading and creating community around books, this story celebrates both the need to be alone to think and breathe, and the need to be with friends and community. It’s about trusting yourself and your ideas, seeing a need, and connecting with others to meet it.

Perfect for introverts, quiet leaders, and anyone who loves books and little libraries.

08/27/2025