🏆 2025 BIBA® Children’s (Ages 3-8) Winner! Young Peggy visits the Oregon coast with her parents and siblings, Gayle and John, and it’s a magical day. The sand, the waves, the tidal pools… what could be better? When her dad goes fishing and catches a perch in the ocean, Peggy and her siblings are in…

🏆 2025 BIBA® Short Story Collection Winner! In David Joseph’s fourth collection of fiction, I Wanted To Be A Bluesman, he explores human relationships through the Delta-dipped lens of the blues. The twelve stories in this collection are carefully intertwined with the blues—from Mississippi to Chicago and places in between. Along the way, the bricklayer,…

2025 BIBA® Children’s Book Of The Year Winner! Can there be too much cat mischief 🐱? Read on to see how Mr. Battons pushes the limits of feline antics. Will he be punished? Probably. Will it lead to an amazing adventure? Absolutely! This wordless book lets you and your child create the story together! Bright…

🏆 2025 BIBA® Coloring Book Illustration Winner! Greetings, curious soul. You have stumbled upon the peculiar realm of Victor M. Nightshade—a shadowy figure of enigmatic talent and imagination. Within these pages lies a portal into the untamed corners of my mind, a labyrinth of oddities, whimsy, and wonder. This is not just a coloring book.…

🏆 2025 BIBA® Tween Winner! Think middle school is tough? Try being dead. For middle schooler Liv Creep, being dead is totally ruining her life—constantly worrying about body parts falling off in class, the diet of (ew, you know), and keeping the million-year-old secret that the dead exist so humans don’t freak. But the worst…

🏆 2025 BIBA® Christian Winner! Have you ever questioned or doubted some of the more unusual stories from the Bible? Has a Bible story ever left you feeling more confused than comforted? More fearful than faithful? More cynical than satisfied? If so, then this book is for you. Often, these stories that have one meaning…

🏆 2025 BIBA® Women’s Fiction Winner! After a fatal hit-and-run devastates their close-knit community, author Caroline Beasley and high school senior Ethan Shawver find themselves at a crossroads as their lives intertwine in unexpected ways. Both are left reeling as they try to make sense of the tragedy that has irrevocably changed their families forever.…

🏆 2025 BIBA® Self-Help Adventure Planning Winner! Create your own rules for an adventurous life! Embark on an extraordinary journey across the United States on a tandem bicycle with “10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure.” This heartwarming and insightful book explores the highs and lows of adventure cycling, unforgettable moments, and self-discovery after divorce…

🏆 2025 BIBA® Non-Fiction Winner! You’re not alone. Whether you are facing cancer as someone who’s been recently diagnosed, as a survivor, or as a caregiver…this book provides hope, healing, and practical advice, ensuring that no one has to face that journey without support. Hope in the Face of Cancer brings together powerful stories from…

🏆 2025 BIBA® TV History Winner! From Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayals of Sherlock Holmes, to the Scandinoir investigators Lisbeth Salander of The Millennium Trilogy and Saga Norén of The Bridge, to anime’s L in Death Note, to Christopher Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, increasing numbers of…