Vintage Little Golden Book Prayers for Children 1969
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Vintage Little Golden Book Prayers for Children 1969. Little Golden Book #205. Beautifully illustrated by Eloise Wilkin. Published by Golden Press. Prepared under the supervision of Mary Reed, Ph.D. 8" tall and 6.75" wide. The book contains the following prayers. Vintage Little Golden Book Prayers for Children 1969. The book is in good condition, there is some minimal wear on the cover, mainly a split at the top of the spine (see photos), however the cover is still fully intact. The pages are in like-new condition without marks, tears, folds, wrinkles, or other damage. Little Golden Book #205. Beautifully illustrated by Eloise Wilkin. Published by Golden Press. Copyright 1952 by Western Publishing Company, Inc. 20th printing, 1969. Prepared under the supervision of Mary Reed, Ph.D. The book contains prayers by Mary L. Duncan, Christina Rossetti, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ralph Waldo Emerson, M. Betham-Edwards, Thomas B. Pollock, Mary Dixon Thayer, Henry Johnstone, Gabriel Setoun, and Miriam Drury. 8" tall and 6.75" wide. The book contains the following prayers: Dear Father, Hear & Bless Morning Prayer I Thank Thee, Lord The Gift Be Present at Our Table, Lord A Great Gray Elephant He Prayeth Well, Who Loveth Well Father, We Thank Thee The Lord's Prayer The Doxology Evening Hymn Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me A Child's Prayer Jesus, from Thy Throne on High A Good Way Good-Night Prayer Bedtime Prayer Good Night God Watches Us Evening Prayer Eloise Margaret Wilkin was an American illustrator born on March 30, 1904, in Rochester, New York. She is best known for illustrating Little Golden Books. Her watercolor and colored pencil illustrations are known for their loving depiction of children and their parents in idyllic rural and domestic settings. Wilkin attended the Rochester Athenaeum & Mechanics Institute. After college graduation, she moved to New York City, where Century Company gave Wilkin her first book to illustrate, "The Shining Hours". Many of her illustrations were for school books. Wilkin illustrated paper dolls for Samuel Gabriel & Sons, Playtime House, and Jaymar. In 1944, Wilkin signed an exclusive contract with Little Golden Books publisher Simon & Schuster. Many of her illustrations for Golden Books appeared on calendars, puzzles, and record sleeves of Little Golden Records, and were also found on china plates, Hallmark cards, and in Child's Life, Story Parade, and Golden magazines. Wilkin's Golden Books have been published in English, French, Hebrew, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. In 1960, Vogue Dolls, Inc. launched the first doll designed by Wilkin, "Baby Dear". She designed 8 dolls for Vogue and Madame Alexander. Some of the authors Wilkin illustrated books for include Esther Burns Wilkin, Jane Werner Watson, Harold Gray Shane, Ruth Shane, Deborah Wilkin Springett, Jean Cushman, Clara Cassidy, David L. Harrison, Kathryn Jackson, Joan Esley, Bertha Morris Parker, Tina Thoburn, Lucille Ogle, Ruthanna Long, Florence Johnson, Sheila Hayes, Mini Stein, Jacob Grimm, Marion Conger, Jean Monrad, Josette Frank, Teddy Slater, Patricia Mowers, Lilla Belle Pitts, Louise Woodcock, Patsy Scarry, Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Miriam Schlein, Gertrude Crampton, Sherl Horvath, Miriam Young, Byron Jackson, Edith Osswald, Ruth Jaeger Buntain, Jan Margo, Alice Dalgliesh, Jane Quigg, Margo Hopkins, Linda C. Falken, Milton I. Levine, Martha Gwinn Kiser, Cathleen Scarry, Patsy Schurr, Richard A. Martin, Kathleen N. Daly, Frances Bacon, Harold Shane, Adelaide Holl, Elizabeth Hoffman Honness, Patricia Martin Zens, Virginia F. Voight, Mary Katharine Reely, Irmengarde Eberle, Myra Reed Richardson, Maud Hart Lovelace, Mabelle Glenn, Lorrain E. Watters, Jessie Stanton, Irma Black, Louis G. Wersen, Diane Muldrow, Amy Wentworth Stone and others. Some of the many beloved books illustrated by Eloise Wilkin include "My Little Golden Book About God", "Poems to Read to the Very Young", "Wonders of Nature", "The Christmas Story", "We Like Kindergarten", "The Wonders of the Seasons", "Baby Dear", "Baby Listens", "The Christmas ABC", "This World of Ours", "We Help Daddy", "We Help Mommy", "Play With Me", "Baby's Birthday", "So Big", "The Boy with a Drum", "Busy Timmy", "Guess Who Lives Here", "Where Did the Baby Go?", "The New Baby", "Baby's House", "Birds", "The Eloise Wilkin Treasury", "My Teddy Bear", "Kittens", "Bunny Kisses", "Songs of Praise", "The Twins", "Georgie Finds a Grandpa", "Wiggles", "My Pets", "My Snuggly Bunny", "Fix It Please", "A Day at the Playground", "Noises and Mr. Flibberty-Jib", "The New House in the Forest", "Hi Ho! Three in a Row", "Good Morning Good Night", "The Story of Baby Jesus", "Linda & Her Sister", "Rock-a-Bye Baby", "The Make-Believe Parade", and many more. Eloise Wilkin died on October 4, 1987, in Brighton, New York.
