description: This is a prayer written for one little girl, but it is a prayer for boys and girls all over the world.It is full of the intimate gentleness for familiar things, the love of friends and family, and the kindly protection of God. It carries a universal appeal for all ages and races, and brings out hearts and minds the deep responsibility for preserving for all times the faith and hopes of little children.
  Rachel Field
 wrote this prayer for her own daughter, but she now shares it with children all over the world. Her beloved children's books include Newberry Medal-winner Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, Calico Bush, and Hepatica Hawks.
  Elizabeth Orton Jones
 has perfectly captured the spirit and reverence of Prayer For a Child. As in her own Twig, Big Susan, and Song of the Sun, she has found that simple magical key to a child's heart.
language: English
title: Prayer for a Child
titlecomplete: Prayer for a Child
genres: Fiction, Faith, Religion, Poetry, Picture Books, Juvenile, Spirituality, Prayer, Childrens, Christian
ratings_count: 2657
awards: awardedAt: -788893200000
name: Caldecott Medal, awardedAt: -378662400000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster