The book application for Zonderkidz's The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule is currently the No. 1 iPhone app, as well as the top-selling app in the books category of Apple's iPhone store, company officials said.

There are currently 40,000 apps in the books category of Apple's iPhone store and 6,000 apps in the same category of Apple's iPad store.

The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule, created by Stan and Jan Berenstain with Mike Berenstain, is a 2009 iParenting Media Awards Outstanding Product in the book category. Published by Zondervan's children's division, the book is a Berenstain Bears "Living Lights" title, the first four of which have sold nearly 500,000 copies in total.

"The book apps have successfully brought the words and lessons of these books to life like no other format," said Annette Bourland, senior vice president and publisher with Zonderkidz. "We are delighted and encouraged by the success of our book apps, and we expect them to play a significant role in our publishing plans moving forward."

The book apps, created by Oceanhouse Media, combine the Berenstains' original text and artwork with features that entertain and promote reading in young children.

Besides The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule, the other apps are derived from the books The Berenstain Bears Say Their Prayers and The Berenstain Bears Go to Sunday School--available for download for $2.99 each.

The day he faced every parent's greatest fear--a child gone missing--brought faith and family firmly back into focus for Ray Simpkins and has been recreated in a drama sharing his lessons of hope and misplaced priorities.

Former TV Superman Dean Cain portrays the helpless, distraught father in The Way Home from Red Five Entertainment, whose DVD is to be released Oct. 26 and is set to coincide with a screening on the Gospel Music Channel.

CSPA, established in 2004 to represent and promote small Christian publishers, has grown from three to 100 member publishers, the association said. Membership in CSPA is open to any publisher that produces material for the Christian marketplace with annual revenues of $400,000 or less.

The deal calls for EMI CMG to assume Christian and general market rights in North America as well as digital rights worldwide of Maranatha! Music. EMI CMG will distribute three new Maranatha! titles released this month--In the Spirit of Christmas, Platinum Praise and the I Am Official Motion Picture Soundtrack--plus more than 35 physical catalog titles, 400-plus digital catalog titles and thousands of songs.

Hailed the "Queen of Gospel," Walker began singing in the choir of West Point Baptist Church in Chicago at the age of 4. In 1951, at age 22, she founded the Caravans, which helped launch the music careers of gospel legends such as Shirley Caesar, Inez Andrews, Dorothy Norwood, Bessie Griffin and the Rev. James Cleveland.