Author | Rachel Field |
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Illustrator | Elizabeth Orton Jones |
Cover artist | Elizabeth Orton Jones |
Genre | Children's picture book |
Publisher | The Macmillan Company. Later published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Publication date | 1944 |
Publication place | United States |
Prayer for a Child is a 1944 book by Rachel Field. Its artwork by Elizabeth Orton Jones won it a Caldecott Medal in 1945.[1] 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.