Are Sunday School prize books still widely given? The church we went to in England didn't have Sunday School as such, just family services with a creche for very small children, and I think this was the case with other local churches too. The only books comparable my children ever had was from Father Christmas at a church mother and toddler group, who gave them lovely Christmas story picture books, which I particularly liked because Mary was visibly heavily pregnant in the pictures.
I adored Sunday School when I was young - mainly because of the prizes. When we were very young they were always from a uniform series of Bible stories for children, and being a sucker for series even then I liked the way my collection looked on my bookshelves. And when we were older I remember titles like From Rebels to Helpmates, and Penny Goes to Rhodesia, and one about a boy being trapped in a coal mine. And they had lovely illuminated bookplates too. Aside from the books, the other things I loved were the jumbo sized religious fuzzy felt figures, and a scale model of the Tabernacle. And tracts - little pictures with lines from the Bible on them. What were they for? I can't remember what we did with them when we got them. Debra (trundling down memory lane) -- ________________________________________ Girlsown mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] For self-administration and access to archives see http://home.it.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/girlsown For FAQs see http://www.club-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/girlsown/faq-0.htm
