Prayers For Children
Eloise Wilkin
Hardcover
(A Golden Book, Aug. 16, 1974)
Amazing watercolor illustrations and poignant prayer poems with delicate and detailed vintage style and color. Nature and the environment figure prominently in harmony with childhood innocence and faith. Prayer poems include: * Dear Father, Hear and Bless * Morning Prayer * I Thank Thee, Lord (Mary L. Duncan) * The Gift (Christina Rossetti) * Be present at our table, Lord * A Great Gray Elephant (reprinted by the permission of The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc.) * He Prayeth Well, Who Loveth Well (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, from "The Ancient Mariner") * Father, We Thank Thee (Ralph Waldo Emerson) * The Lord's Prayer * The Doxology (Praise God, from whom all blessings flow...) * Evening Hymn (Anonymous) * Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me (Mary L. Duncan) * A Child's Prayer (M. Betham-Edwards) * Jesus, from Thy Throne on High (Thomas B. Pollock) * A Good Way (Mary Dixon Thayer, from "The Child on His Knees, 1928, MacMillan Company) * Good Night Prayer (Henry Johnstone) * Bedtime Prayer * Good Night * God Watches Us (Gabriel Setoun) * Evening Prayer (Miriam Drury) (song)