Golden Rules for Living for adults as well as children

(Author Unknown.)

If you open it, close it.
If you turn it on, turn it off.
If you unlock it, lock it up.
If you break it, admit it.
If you can't fix it, call someone who can.
If you borrow it, return it.
If you value it, look after it.
If you make a mess, clean it up.
If you move it, put it back.
If it belongs to someone else, get permission to use it.
If you don't know how to operate it, leave it alone.
If it's none of your business, don't ask questions.

Seligor's Castle introduces you to:

STANDS FOR ANGEL

 

Joan Gale Thomas was born in 1910 in Gerrard's Cross, Buckinghamshire, England. She studied art at the Chelsea Illustrators Studio. After illustrating books for other authors, she wrote and illustrated her first book A Stands for Angel in 1939. In 1941, she married Richard Robinson, also an author and illustrator and began writing series books under the name of Joan Gale Robinson. However, she continued to write secular picture books using the name Thomas. Two of her most famous series were about a teddy bear named Teddy Robinson and a small girl named Mary-Mary. Both series were part of the Reading with Mother series published by Harrap in London. Ms. Robinson died in 1988.

STANDS FOR ANGEL
By Joan Gale Thomas


stands for Angel,
With shining white wings,
Who drives away shadows
And frightening things.

I'm never afraid
If it's dark on the stairs,
Or think that the shadows
Are goblins or bears,

For I know there's and angel
Who waits at the bend,
To see that I'm safe
Till I get to the end.


As ths little adventure of Rhymes is 26 pages long,
I will do them a few at a time, and over two pages.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

 STANDS FOR BABY

Stands for Baby,
And Bethleham, too,
The Baby is Jesus -
I dare say you knew:

And Bethlehem town
Is a place far away,
Where Jesus was born
On the first Christmas Day.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

IS FOR CAROLS

is for Carols
And Christmas night,
And the crib in the church
In the candlelight:
We looked in the crib,
And there we saw
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep in the straw:

And angels and shepherds
Were standing around,
And Mary and Joseph
Both knelt on the ground.
So we knelt and prayed
In the candlelight:
'God bless us all
This Christmas night.'

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

For the Donkeys,
Both ragged and grey,
Who live in the meadow
Just over the way.
They stand by the gate
And nibble the grass,
And watch all the horses
And riders that pass.

They used to look lonely
And sad, in a way;
But they wont anymore -
For I told them today
How a long time ago
A donkey like him
Carried Jesus, the King,
To Jerusalem.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

stands for Everyone,
Me and you,
All people and children,
And animals too

stands for Everyone,
Great and small:
And the Lord God who made us,
He loves us all.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

FOR THE FRUITS

or the Fruits and the Flowers so gay

We took to the church on Festival Day.

Some roses I carried, and five ripe plums,

And others took grapes and chrysanthemums.

And armfuls of poppies and corn we brought,

And fruits and flowers of every sort.

And up to the church on the hill we all went,

To thank the good Lord for the Harvest He'd sent.

Please have a short break and sing along with these few

Sunday Songs from all over the world.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

Stands for Grace

Before I begin my dinner each day.

I enjoy it so much - It would really be rude

If I didn't say Thank You to God for my food.

- the words that I say

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

STANDS FOR HOME

  Stands for Home, the place where I dwell -

There's no other place that I love quite so well.

I love every corner and window and wall;

But the people inside it I love most of all.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

In the stable on a bed of hay

  was the Inn where long ago

Joseph and Mary tried to go:

But the inn was full in Bethlehem,

And nobody there had room for them.

So Joseph and Mary and Jesus lay

In the stable room, on a bed of hay.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

is for Jesus

is for Jesus who came to be

The Light of the World for you and for me

Dear Father of Jesus, I ask you to take

My heart, which I offer for Jesus' sake.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

for the Kings

for the Kings who night and day

Followed the star from far away:

Each in his arms His gift did hold,

Of myrrh and frankincense and gold.

They followed the star, till it guided them

To the stable place in Bethlehem;

And there they found, in an ox's stall,

The Babe who was born to be King of them all.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

is for the Lamb

was the Lamb who was standing by

when theangels appeared in the midnight sky:

He heard the good tidings the angels did sing,

Of peace on the earth and the newly born King;

So he followed the shepherds to Bethlehem,

And went to worship the King with them;

For though he was little he also knew

That the King was only a Baby too.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes
By Joan Gale Thomas

IS FOR MANGER

was the Manger where Jesus lay,

Cosy and warm with a pillow of hay;

And M is for Mary who sat close by,

And sang Him to sleep with a lullaby.

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

stands for NOEL

  Is Noel,

The carol you hear

When Christmas time

Is drawing near.

The angels sang it

First, you know,

Nearly two thousand

Years ago;

And still we sing it

Just the same,

To tell the world

How Jesus came.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes

Was the Ox

was the Ox

So Patient and mild,

Who gave up his stall

For the Holy Child.

He didn't know why

The Baby had come,

For no one had told him

Of God and his Son ;

And yet, when he saw

All the light shining round,

He knew it was Jesus,

And knelt on the ground.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

Is for Prayers

Stands for Prayers

That I say every night

Before I'm tucked up

And they turn out the light.

"Bless mummy and daddy,

And all girls and boys,

An please make me better,

And bless all my toys:

And if I've been naughty

Forgive me again,

And I'll try to be better

Tomorrow. Amen.".

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An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes 

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

is for Quiet

Is the Quiet,

So silent and still,

That lives in the church

On top of the hill.

I don't mean on Sunday,

When matin bell rings,

For then there's a service

And everyone sings

But on Monday or Tuesday,

When no one's around,

I've crept in alone

And there isn't a sound:

There's nothing I know

That's so peaceful and still

As the quiet that lives

In the church on the hill.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

- Is the Rain

Is the Rain

That's falling again

In shining streaks

On the window pane;

So I can't go out -

But I'm trying to think

That it's nice for the fields

To be getting a drink.

And if I keep watching,

Perhaps by and by

A rainbow may come

And brighten the sky.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes 

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

Is for Stars

That twinkle and peep

When the rest of the world

Is fast asleep -

God's little candles

High up in the skies,

They splutter and sparkle

And wink their bright eyes.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

   Is the Tree

   Is the Tree

That shines so bright

As we light the candles

On Christmas night.

A candle for you

And a candle for me,

And presents for all

On my Christmas Tree.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

Is the Universe

  Is the Universe,

Stars, Earth, and Sun,

And all things created

Since time was begun.

How great and mighty

The Maker must be

To think of a person

As little as me.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

Is the Vicar

Is the Vicar who comes to tea

And lifts me up to sit on his knee:

He tells me tales of the three Wise Men,

And Daniel who went in the lion's den;

And many more, and when they're done

He always tells a special one

About a baby (perhaps you'll guess,)

He christened her once in a long white dress;

And I was that baby he used to know :

But that was years and years ago.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes 

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

for Worship

  Stands for Worshipping;

Just thanking God for everything,

And praising Him as children should,

and asking Him to make us good.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

is a Letter

is a letter that's used such a lot,

it depends where it is if you like it or not.

When X is a cross, how sorry it looks

Besides the mistakes in exercise books :

But I'm sure you'll agree it looks very much better,

When X is the kiss at the end of a letter

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

is for YOU

stands for You and you'll see if you look,

That you've nearly arrived at the end of this book

One page to go then you're reading it through,

And I hope you've enjoyed it it's written for YOU.

An Alphabet of Sunday Rhymes

By the wonderful Joan Gale Thomas

     For a word

for a word isn't easy to find,

but "Zest" is the word that I have in my mind

If you really work hard with a Z for a Zest,

I think it just means that you're doing your best.