i ringen (Swedish) Historical songbooks Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children by Isaac Watts, 1715 Hymns for the Amusement of Children by Christopher Smart, 1771 Hymns in Prose for Children by Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1781 Hymns for Little Children by Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848 Print Sources Bobb, Barry All God's People Sing. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1992, 316 pp. English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri and other States. Sunday-School Hymnal. Pittsburgh: American Lutheran Publication Board, 1901, 464 pp. O'Neal, Debbie Trafton Thank you for This Food: Action Prayers, Songs, and Blessings for Mealtime. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1994, 32 pp. Johnson, David A. My First Hymnal. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011, 128 pp. Kirkpatrick, William J. Joy and praise: a Sunday-school song book Cincinnati, Ohio: Fillmore Music House, 1908, 266 pp. Wesleyan Methodist Church The Methodist Sunday-school hymn-book, compiled by direction of the Wesleyan-methodist conference London: Wesleyan-Methodist Sunday-School Union, 1879, 488 pp. References Nursery rhymes Christian prayer Religious works for children Christianity and children]