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Maccarone, Grace

A Child's Good Night Prayer

(4) PS Illustrated by Sam Williams. In this prayer, readers bless things in their world, including the stars, a night-light, toy cars, and "children everwhere." Williams's paintings have soft outlines and pastel tones that match the gentle rhyme. The setting is vague: children appear in their homes, outside, then in bed, and, in the final spread, playing outside again. This conflicts with the cozy, winding-down-before-bed feel of the poem.

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