Forest of the Plains

Today while browsing the children’s section of my local thrift store, I suddenly found myself smiling. I had found an apple-green book with a classic 1950’s illustration on the cover - a father reading the Bible to a son and daughter with a cat sitting at their feet. Nursery Stories of Jesus by Katherine Royer. This edition was the fourth, printed in 1985, and says that 70,500 copies are in print.

Suddenly I remembered the song, “Sing little children, sing, sing, sing little children, sing. God is good, He cares for you. Sing, little children, sing.” After a quick online search at home, I learned that Katherine also wrote the Children’s Songbook.

Who would have thought that a children’s Sunday School series from 1957 would still be available in 2008? Now you can even get a CD of the Children’s Songbook songs! But, I guess it makes sense, given that at least 20 years worth of 3-year-olds read and sang from these books.

Katherine and her sister, Mary, were my Sunday School teachers when I was three years old, but I don’t remember them. My family lived in another state that year, volunteering with MVS. But, they made sure that I stayed connected to my church family - sending Sunday School lessons and even a small photo album of people in the church that I would know.

Hmmm…. I wonder if I still have any of their books? A visit to the basement may be in order!