Prayer for a Child
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Author | Rachel Field |
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Illustrator | Elizabeth Orton Jones |
Country | United States |
Genre(s) | Children's picture book |
Publisher | The Macmillan Company |
Released | 1944 |
Prayer for a Child is a 1944 book by Rachel Field. Its artwork by Elizabeth Orton Jones won it a Caldecott Medal in 1945. The whole book is narrated by a little girl, but it represents children as a whole. It reflects their love of God, and their gentleness to humankind as a whole.
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"Bless this soft and waiting bed where I presently shall be wrapped in sweet security."-- the first sentence
Preceded by Many Moons |
Caldecott Medal recipient 1945 |
Succeeded by The Rooster Crows |