Prayer for a Child
Front cover, designed by Elizabeth Orton Jones | |
| 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. 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.