This lavish, inspiring collection of prayers will encourage young children to give thanks for the good things in their lives. Encompassing both Biblical excerpts and psalms as well as more secular hymns to nature, family, and love, First Prayers features captivating, accessible illustrations by award-winning artist Troy Howell. In addition to traditional prayers, there are classic poems written by William Blake ("Little Lamb, who made thee?"), Robert Browning ("The years at the spring"), Samuel Taylor Coleridge ("He prayeth well, who loveth well"), and others.