Prayer for a Child

Prayer for a Child

Infobox Book
name = Prayer for a Child


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author = Rachel Field
illustrator = Elizabeth Orton Jones
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country = United States
genre = Children's picture book
publisher = The Macmillan Company
release_date = 1944
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pages =
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"Prayer for a Child" is a 1944 book by Rachel Field. Its artwork by Elizabeth Orton Jones won it a Caldecott Medal in 1945.American Library Association: [http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.htm Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present] . URL accessed 10 May 2007.] 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

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