99 Prayers for Children compiled by Juliet David and illustrated by Elina Ellis



The prayers in "99 Prayers for Children" compiled by Juliet David and illustrated by Elina Ellis are wonderful. Each prayer is useful and very specific. There are eleven chapters. Some of the prayers are about nature, family, friends and holidays. While reading, I recognized a few names of authors and their verses. For example, there is Robert Louis Stevenson and Gerard Manley Hopkins. I have been introduced to new saints: Saint Jerome and Saint Ignatius.

The illustrations are lovely and multicultural and sometimes humorous. The one illustrating a fisherman at the Sea of Galilee is really cute. If a child is old enough to memorize verses, there is a chapter and verse given after the prayer. I suppose a parent would have to explain why some holidays are named and others are not mentioned in the book. Perhaps some titles are put together under one category like "Harvest."

It would have been fun to know why the author chose 99 prayers instead of one hundred. Altogether this book would make a wonderful gift for any child.
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