Around the world and throughout time, people have spoken treasured words to make them feel better when they are sad, brave when they are afraid, befriended when they are alone - or simply to express their joy at being alive on this earth. Here are seventy-seven poems and prayers from many cultures, faiths and traditions. The book is arranged in four sections, each illustrated by a major contemporary artist from a different country.

 

There are 80 pages in this book. This is a prayer book. This book was published 2001 by Walker Books Ltd .

Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of aviation pioneers Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, is the author of numerous books for children, including View from the Air: Charles Lindbergh's Earth and Sky. Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram's first new collaboration since "Guess How Much I Love You" is being published in October 2004. They both live in Northern Ireland. Christine Davenier lives in Paris. She has also illustrated the Very Fairy Princess books by the actress Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton. Roseanne Thong lived in Hong Kong for many years. She now resides in California and is the author of Red Is a Dragon. As a child, Elisa Kleven enjoyed using her imagination to create magical worlds. This love of the fantastical greatly influences her illustration and writing. Elisa lives in Albany, California, with her husband and children.