Mad Maddie Maxwell: Biblical Values, Level 1 (I Can Read!)

I was instantly drawn to this book simply by the cover alone.....which we are ALL taught to "never judge a book by it's cover"...right?! But before reading the book, I asked my son (and his dad, just to include all of us so as to not single him out) what was the FIRST thing he noticed on the cover of the book? He said the little girls eyes. My husband said the crossed arms...and I said the green eyes of the little girl as it denotes "envy"....to which my husband said he never thought of that...and I also said I was so drawn to the green of her eyes because it was the ONLY thing sooo green on the entire cover. We all found that interesting...and made us all more interested in finding out what the pages would tell us.First of all...my son is dealing with some anger issues so this book was HIGH on my list of "hey, let's give this a try based on the GREAT reviews it had received!!!" Let me tell you, he did NOT even want to read it since it dealt with something that was so difficult in his very own life! We convinced him to trust us....and that I had already read it (as I ALWAYS do) and know that he'd be ok and would enjoy it, too. He then half-agreed to continue.I read on and he started to identify with the character of Mad Maddie Maxwell. It was "funny" (not really funny, but I think you know what I mean) to see my son say things like, "wow, Mad Maddie Maxwell sure is not being nice at all!" I would ask him, "do you ever feel like that?" It is WONDERFUL to have a book that serves as a tool to open conversations about things that our children are experiencing AND the book also serves as a really neat lesson for those who don't have "anger issues!"Mad Maddie Maxwell is a little girl who has lost her jump rope and blames EVERYONE....and is NOT nice about it at all! She enlists each family member that she's accused of taking the jump rope into coming with her to accuse the next "victim." One thing my husband & I noticed thoughout the entire book, NOT ONE of the siblings ever got angry or upset with Mad Maddie Maxwell for getting angry & accusatory with them! That in itself is a lesson!!!!! I LOVE that the author did this!!!! Bravo!!!!Once Mad Maddie Maxwell gets to the last sibling, her older sister, the solution is found, to which I won't spoil this for those who've not read this.....but Maddie realizes her mistakes.....and I promise, you won't be disappointed!I want to thank the author for writing a VERY well-writen book that speaks to the children about something that happens to all of us...anger. To the author, Stacie K. B. Maslyn, I applaud you for your incredible work of ART!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

Mattie is a typical 4-5 year old blaming every trouble on someone else. This book is an easy read for a beginning reader. My 5 year old grandaughter enjoyed me reading it to her. The story was cute while teaching the child that they must take responsibility for their possessions and keep up with them and not blame others all the time.

Purchased this for my 19 year old because it was a favorite book at 4 years old. She still knows it word from word and taught her not to blame others and be nice.

The grandbaby likes it for a bedtime story, and so I like it, too. It's easy for her to sound out the words, and it is easy to for her to understand the morals of the story.

This book is my little girls favorite of the week. She loves the story line. As a kindergarten student learning to read this book has alot of sight words that she is learning at school.

I liked this book because it had a problem and then she prayed to god and side sorry to her sisters and brothers

Cute book with a simple message Don't jump to conclusions and a clean room including under the bed could have prevented much upset that day!

I spent a bit more on this e-book than I usually do because my kids (like all children, I suspect) get grumpy sometimes and I thought it really might be valuable for us. I was slightly surprised to see a biblical quote on one of the intro pages, but didn't think too much of it. But when I got near the end and saw a picture of little Maddie on her knees praying to God for forgiveness...well, that's just a few steps too far for me. I'm glad it works for all those other people giving it good reviews, but this is *not* just a cute book about how to deal with a temper.