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Praise for Creation and Providence" (better known as "I sing the mighty power of God") is now a hymn sung by all ages. [4] "Against Idleness and Mischief" and "The Sluggard" (better known as "How doth the little busy bee" and "'Tis the voice of the sluggard") were both meant to teach children the importance of hard work, and were extremely well ...
The poem, with eight colored engraved illustrations, was published in New York by William B. Gilley in 1821 as a small paperback book entitled The Children's Friend: A New-Year's Present, to the Little Ones from Five to Twelve. [1] The names of the author and the illustrator are not known. [2]
A spin-off from 1993's The Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Virtues collects 31 passages previously featured in the original. [3] Selections from Aesop's Fables, [3] Robert Frost, [3] Frank Crane, [4] and African and Native American folklore [3] are represented in this volume; the legend of George Washington's cherry tree (as related to Mason Locke Weems) [5] makes an encore appearance. [6]
While he was a youth, his mother died and he experienced disillusionment in God that he later claimed stemmed from teachings in Catholic books and the Church. [5] He claimed to have been concerned with teaching that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church, [ 6 ] and felt he could not understand a God that would torture people ...
Jabberwocky is an illustrated version of Lewis Carroll's poem of the same name. The book is illustrated by Canadian artist Stéphane Jorisch. It was published in 2004 by Kids Can Press and won the 2004 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language children's illustration.
The opening text from the Gospel of John is inscribed around the sculpture: "In the beginning was the word and the word became flesh and lived among us". [1] Chapman has said of the sculpture: "For the millennium I was commissioned to produce a sculpture to be placed in Trafalgar square, during Christmas prior to the celebrations.
Online clues to their whereabouts were released, one a day between 26 and 30 November 2012. Each sculpture was found on the day the clue was released; the person to reach it first each day received a paper sculpture trophy in the shape of a teacup, themed on the book and reading "A winning cop and a good book - the perfect combination" on the top.
A page from Barbauld's Lessons for Children, part 2, the first part for children of three (1779 Dublin edition); demonstrating wide spacing and large type Lessons depicts a mother teaching her son. Presumably, many of the events were inspired by Barbauld's experiences of teaching her own adopted son, her nephew Charles, as the events correlate ...