A Little Golden Book, "Prayers for Children" prepared by Mary Reed; pictures by Eloise Wilkin; published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1952.

Hard boards, 6.1/2" x 7.3/4"; child's gift inscription on the title page, 28 pages, a little wear, very good condition.

"It is always reassuring to find this book. The illustrations remind me of a time in my life when I was loved and cherished, they leap back from another time. I suppose the art looks sentimental now but this book still has spiritual power as far as I'm concerned." [private review]

Eloise Margaret Wilkin, born Eloise Margaret Burns (1904-1987), was an American illustrator. She was best known as an illustrator of Little Golden Books. Many of the picture books she illustrated have become classics of American children's literature. Jane Werner Watson, who edited and wrote hundreds of Golden Books, called Eloise Wilkin "the soul of Little Golden Books", and Wilkin's books remain highly collectible. Her watercolor and colored pencil illustrations are known for their glowing depiction of babies, toddlers, and their parents in idyllic rural and domestic settings.

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