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Give Me Grace: A Child's Daybook of Prayers

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This charming book of daily prayers is an invition to consider different aspects of prayer. Each day focuses on a different prayer theme with a relatively short lyrical poem. In addition to exploring different topics for prayer, it reinforces learning about the days of the week.

Perhaps most engaging are the pictures that accompany the prayers. The bold, colorful florals have the details and nuances to attract the sophisticated young reader without distracting from the content.

I give this book to nieces, nephews and friends when baptized or confirmed. Its best for under age 7, I would say. It has beautiful, vividly colorful graphics that naturally attract children.

The simple, but thoughtful messages are easy for even a 2 year old to understand. And, it helps transmit the message that prayer is a warm, comforting activity, to be incorporated into daily life.

I WAS LOOKING FOR A GIFT FOR MY 2 YR OLD DAUGHTER AND I ENDED UP BUYING THIS FOR MYSELF. IT IS LYRICAL AND INSPIRATIONAL. IT REALLY SPOKE TO ME PERSONALLY BUT ITS ELEGANT AND DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE WOULD MAKE A GREAT GIFT.

This book is delightfully poetic. I read this book to my newborn every day and never tire of the wording. My baby looks attentively at the beautiful illustrations. Adults that have overheard me reading aloud to my child have commented on the beauty of this simply loveable book.

This daily book of prayers written by Cynthia Rylant is a calming and sweet addition to a child's bedtime routine. The words to each prayer are set in an easy to read rhyming pattern that any child can read or memorize in very little time. The perfect book for those parents of children who are themselves the most spiritual of all creatures.

I started reading this book to my daughter at 2 months old, she is now almost 6 months. If she is being fussy or crying because she is tired I simply say, "Give Me Grace...Monday...Monday make me good and kind..." and she looks up at me and smiles and I read it to her. It's the most amazing thing to see. The book is great, the illustrations are lovely, and the messages are wonderful.

I love this book. My family uses it at dinnertime for prayers!!
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I love reading this book to all of our children: from the 4 year old to the newborn. It has a rich text with wonderful images for each day of the week. I think everyone should end and begin their day with the kind, welcoming thoughts this book evokes. Highly recommended.

I had bought this book 3 years ago for a granddaughter of a friend who's name was Grace. I bought it at an outlet store and loved it on sight. I didn't take note of the author so I didn't know how to find this book except to scour everywhere for a childs book with "Grace" in it's title. I was watching a TV show and someone recommended it and I took down the author and found it on Amazon(where I had looked for it many times). It is the most charming book I have seen! The colors are beautiful and the message endearing, enduring and warm. The mother of the child I purchased it for said it was the book her daughter asked her to read and now as a 5 year old she is reading it herself. I have a Granddaughter and GreatGranddaughter that are now receiving this for Christmas.

We've had this book for years... and my 10 year-old son STILL loves it! He likes to start his prayers with the daily poem and his voice gets quiet and reverent. Cynthia Rylant is brilliant - from the "Van Gogh Cafe" to "Mr. Putter and Tabby" to these prayers - I love her!