Wednesday Review: Prayers for Children
Give Me Grace: A Child’s Daybook of Prayers
Cynthia Rylant
Last Fall we went on the Goodbye Cousin’s Tour of Ought-Eight. While we were at my sister’s visiting this adorable nephew (and all the other cute bébés) Cate ordained herself ‘official reader to anyone under six.” Even though she has long outgrown board books, Cate was totally charmed by this pretty one and read it over and over to her two year old cousin. Then, she unabashedly pled with her Auntie Becky to get it for her for Christmas, and low and behold, Give Me Grace arrived via the UPS man. (Who, according to my kids, “is better than Santa!”)
Author-illustrator Cynthia Rylant has beautifully illustrated this sweet book in a style that is not child-ish, but certainly child friendly. When I read it with Cate during morning cuddle time, I enjoy the artwork as much as much as she does. We often flip though the pages find our favorite colorful pages. Cate reads Give Me Grace every night and every morning, though truthfully she no longer needs to book as she memorized the whole thing within a week. There’s a lilting prayer for each day and I can get behind the sentiment in each one – which is rare for me to experience in religious books, especially those written for children! My favorite prayer is for Wednesday:
Wednesday make me full of light
Guide my heart both day and night
Give me gladness, give me grace,
Shine your love upon my face.
Who wouldn’t embrace that as an intentional for the day? Thanks, Cynthia. Today’s Flavor: Colorful and Hopeful.
P.s. another one of my kid’s favorite books by Rylant is the sweet, reminiscent When I Was Young in the Mountains
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May 2nd, 2008 at 9:51 pm
This made my heart smile. :) I think of Cate every time I read that book to Jilly. Give the girls hugs from Auntie Becky!
May 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Having just turned 50 a few weeks ago, I was raised on the other ‘days of the week’ children’s poem. I was born on a Wednesday – which I learned meant I would be full of woe – gad how I hated being born on a Wednesday! But, this lovely poem about Wednesday is a far better gift to give a child, even one who is 50 years young. Thanks for sharing it…
Sandy