Anglican prayers for children

by Jackie Jamison

This is a beautiful volume is designed to encourage children in their daily prayer lives. It aims to help children develop an independent life of prayer, and young families to find age-appropriate family prayers. It is illustrated with over 40 classical masterpieces of Christ's life from across the centuries, accompanying traditional prayers that are faithful to the Anglican tradition. Designed for elementary and middle school aged children to navigate without help, it has sections on: Morning, Noon, and Evening Prayers, Praising God, Confession, Prayers Before Meals, Prayers for Other People, Prayers for All Things, Prayers from the Liturgy, and more. Anglican Prayers for Children also includes a section on the basics of the faith: the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, the Apostle's Creed, important Scriptures to remember and more.

86 pages, Paperback

Published September 29, 2015

About the author

Based outside of Charlottesville, Virginia, Jackie Jamison has a M.S. in Natural Resources. She chronicles green living, gardening, DIY and parenting at her blog, Growing Our Green Beans (growingourgreenbeans.com). She lives in a 200 year-old farm house with her husband and two preschoolers.

Reviews

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This beautiful compilation of prayers, scriptures, and illustrations can be used instructively by the young and old alike. It contains many of the traditional prayers that have been beloved by generations of Christians through centuries of joy and sorrow. There are forty two full color illustrations from the life of Christ, taken from Orthodox icons and noted Old Masters. Any child reading the book will be instructed in the basic tenets of faith and also absorb the finest religious art. In addition the small format makes it an easy traveler wherever the owner goes.

[David Goetz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very lovely little book with well-chosen prayers and artwork. None of my children are old enough to make use of this on their own, but I anticipate it will get some use in our home as they age, as much for the artwork as for the prayers. Prayers come primarily from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer; artwork comes from Tintoretto, Giotto, Rembrandt, El Greco, Raphael, St Vasilij of Rjazan, Titian, et al.

Note that the background tradition of the book seems to be Anglo-Catholic, as it identifies seven Sacraments.