A great book for the whole family
345449
My teenage daughter's green club turned me on to this book. It's one of those rare books that's intelligent but reads easy and is soooo interesting. It teaches old dogs like parents new tricks, and it shows my daughter's generation how to start off on a green foot for life. Plus, it's sparked a lot of family discussions about why water never gets hotter than its boiling point, whether we could live on a 100-mile diet, and why we like the terms "cookprint" and "ecovore."
409986
My wife and my two children loved this book. We are going to buy some more for Christmas presents. We think this is a great book that should be read in schools.
2882758
Absolutely the favorite book in our family.  So funny, even for parents!  Inspires conversations about how imagination works and how grown ups respond to kids' questions. Also, I like that the professionals the kid encounters in the book are diverse in terms of race, gender, and age, or at least more so than in other children's books I've read.
1063293
This is a very great children's book, but I have come to find many adults enjoying this also. There is a great story behind the pages with great illustrations, and a great overall message. Everyone should buy a copy of this. It would make a really cool personal buy, or a fun uplifting gift for someone else.
755719
Written in the form of a children's book, what a great message for the entire family!  Thank you. So much is conveyed in a few words.  Looking forward to reading more of this series.
3357537
My son received this delightful book from his grandmother and soon became a family favorite. The book has a brilliant message every child should hear. I would recommend this enjoyable book to be owned by every family!
4451878
I love this book! i read it first a couple of years ago and... WOW!

since then i've read it thw whole series twice over and they are my favourite books!

these are suitable books for the whole family, though the language might baffle some of the younger audiances!

this is a great book and i highly recomend it to all readers!
4696922
Why are there not six stars? I love this book. The drawings are darling and the story is good for the whole family. I bought it to help one of my children stop complaining so much about how so-and-so has it better. It turns out that I am being blessed by the perspective in the book as well! The father in the book is given instructions by his rabbi that make his life increasingly terrible, but ultimately the man learns that our comfort and appreciation is often relative. By focusing on how good we have it compared to how bad it could be, it is easy to see life's blesings.
2091325
A great book to share with your kids and grandkids----you'll love it too.  The author does a fabulous job of telling a story of how all of us are important with our quirks and all.  But more than this the author gives us great drawings to make it a visual delight!!
3653742
Not only this book is perfect for our family, it is also extremely well illustrated and well written. I am in love with it. Sensitive, creative, beautiful and educating.
3030403
This is a great book for the entire family, especially if your family is related to evangelical Christianity. I can't imagine a more engaging and compassionate slice of American life than "Mary Mae and the Gospel Truth," a novella for young readers by Sandra Dutton. And frankly, this book is so good that adults will enjoy it, too. I certainly did.

"Mary Mae" was written with loving good humor by Sandra Dutton, who was raised in a very creative church-going family herself, and who grew up restlessly interested in all kinds of learning, including science. Perhaps because she represents all the creative fire of Dutton's own childhood, Mary Mae jumps off these pages as a terrific, well-rounded, likeable kid. She loves her family, loves her family's long legacy of making music, and especially loves her grandmother, who seems capable of crafting a fresh song about anything that pops up in life. The whole clan belongs to an extremely conservative Christian church, where everyone enjoys playing music, praying together and creating folksy stage shows. It's that latter pursuit--in this case, a puppet show about the Book of Genesis and the adventures of Noah--that winds up as a central point of tension between Mary Mae's faith and her love of science classes in the public schools.

It would have been so easy for Sandra Dutton to craft this little tale as a mean-spirited Louisville Slugger to whop readers up side the head and score points on behalf of Mary Mae's love of science. I don't want to spoil any of the fun in this book, but it's safe to say the novella is about opening our eyes and hearts to new connections in our own life stories. Mae loves both her collection of fossils she has gathered for a major project at school--and she loves her family, her church and even this puppet show that causes her so much grief before the curtain finally falls on these hand-made puppets.

As a journalist for more than 30 years, including several years reporting from Kentucky, I can tell you that I've visited churches like Mary Mae's many times. I could tell the moment I opened the cover of this book that Sandra Dutton was penning a pitch-perfect tale. When I discovered, in visiting Dutton's own website, that she even wound up making a set of the puppets she describes in the book--I could tell how much she loves the people in this book. You can love them, too.
1944501
This book has something for everyone of all ages.  Make sure you read it, I bought it for all my kids as well...  If you want to make any changes in your life, this is the book for you.
2325494
This book is good for the whole family. For the mums, dads, children, it really is the book to read. I hope that you will take this into account and read the book.
4799308
This is a heartwarming and wonderful book about a family.  I loved the theme about "families being crazy contraptions" and we all must do our part to make a family work.  I will  be reading this book to my Sixth Grade class.
4329402
This is a great book for everyone. I'm a parent of a 5-year old and I love reading it to him. I've only read a few pages but it looks packed full of great stuff from "bags of water inside you" (molecules) to the periodic table of elements. This book is awesome. Even better than expected.
380075
It is as great as the first book my family loved the story. Again it is a book to have at home for children of all ages.
878180
A fascinating book the whole family will love! Tons of adventure and excitement.