Books like Prayer for a Child
By Rachel Field
For the child who needs one calm, sweet ritual to close out the day, this prayer becomes a fixed point in the bedtime routine. Hushed, tender, softly lit.
A day in the life of family and friends unfolds from morning to night, moving from a tiny shell on the beach to the wide, darkening sunset sky.
A little bunny, tucked into bed in a great green room, says goodnight one by one to everything around him — the moon, the clocks, the mittens, the kittens — until sleep comes.
An old bear settles into his cave for winter sleep and dreams he's a cub again, wandering through summer, fall, winter, and spring before waking to a world as beautiful as his dream.
A mother in Thailand moves quietly through the house, hushing a lizard, a monkey, a water buffalo, and other creatures one by one so her sleeping baby won't wake.
A girl and her grandmother gather salmon, herring eggs, and berries across the seasons on their island home, singing to the land as it sings back to them.
When spring arrives, a little bunny sets out across the countryside searching for a home of his own, asking a groundhog, a robin, and a frog along the way.
A gentle poem asks young readers to remember the sky they were born under, the moon, the sun's dawn birth, and the family and creatures that connect them to the earth.
Before sunrise, a paperboy and his dog ride the same quiet route together, folding and tossing papers while the rest of the town stays asleep.
Twelve poems follow one family through a full year, from January sledding to July fireworks to autumn leaves underfoot, finding wonder in each month's particular light and weather.
A lighthouse keeper tends his light through storms, fog, and drifting icebergs, keeping careful watch and logging every detail as the seasons turn outside his round stone walls.
