Prayer for a child

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Title:

Prayer for a child

Author:

Field, Rachel, 1894-1942 author.

ISBN:

9780689873560

9781416996101

Edition:

Diamond anniversary ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 26 cm.

General Note:

Originally published: New York Macmillan, 1944.

Subject Term:

Bedtime prayers.

Children -- Prayers and devotions.

Prayers.

Caldecott Medal.

Added Author:

Jones, Elizabeth Orton, 1910-2005.

Summary:

For sixty years children and parents have shared in the joy and inspiration of Rachel Field and Elizabeth Orton Jones's Prayer for a Child. This new edition commemorates the diamond anniversary of the award-winning modern classic's original publication.

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Ideal for sharing, this Caldecott Medal-winning beloved classic presents an illustrated prayer full of the intimate gentleness for familiar things, the love of friends and family, and the kindly protection of God.

Bless this milk and bless this bread
Bless this soft and waiting bed
Where I presently shall be
Wrapped in sweet security

Winner of the Caldecott Medal and in print since 1941, this is a prayer for boys and girls all over the world. It carries a universal appeal for all ages and brings to our hearts and minds the deep responsibility of preserving for all times the faith and hopes of little children.

Author Notes

Rachel Field wrote A Prayer for a Child for her own daughter, before sharing it with children around the world. Rachel Field's other books for children include Newbery Medalist Hitty, Her First Hundred Years ; Calico Bush ; and Hepatica Hawks .

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Celebrating its initial publication 60 years ago, the Caldecott Medal-winning Prayer for a Child: Diamond Anniversary Edition by Rachel Field, illus. by Elizabeth Orton Jones, reappears in a paper-over-board format. The complete prayer, written in rhymed couplets, appears on the first page; then a few lines per page accompany serene illustrations of a girl in tender moments-stargazing out a window or smiling up at her parents. "Bless the lamplight, bless the fire/ Bless the hands that never tire/ In their loving care of me/ Bless my friends and family." This lovely book lends itself to nightly repetition (a reference to Jesus tags it for a Christian audience). (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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