Prayer for a Child
Rachel Field. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-689-87356-0
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). .
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Reviewed on: 09/06/2004
Genre: Children's
Board Books - 32 pages - 978-1-4424-7659-2
Board Books - 32 pages - 978-0-689-87886-2
Board Books - 978-0-689-00273-1
Hardcover - 32 pages - 978-0-02-735190-3
Hardcover - 32 pages - 978-1-4169-9610-1
Other - 32 pages - 978-1-4424-3927-6
Paperback - 978-0-02-043050-6
