Manners in God's House: First Prayers and First Missal Hardcover – December 10, 2013

This book is fantastic! It's too advanced for my son to read on his own for a few years, but he's only four right now. The pictures are great though -- he immediately recognized the series of pictures demonstrating the Sign of the Cross. There's lots of text explaining the Sign of the Cross, it's meaning, etc, so that's great to read to and talk about with your child. It is the same for several prayers and customs -- it breaks down the lines of prayers and explains what it means for a child. The pictures are interesting enough and plentiful enough for a child to look through at church or at home, and the text is a really good guide for parents to help explain our faith and customs. It's perfectly suited for the traditional Catholic faith, too. Our family follows the traditional Latin rites, with the 1962 Roman Missal, and it can be difficult to find books on the Catholic Mass that isn't about the Novus Ordo Mass, but the trend seems to be shifting back to the traditions again, so I'm glad to see more are available again. I am sure we'll use this book a lot for several years with our children.

Our family attends TLM and this is a wonderful mass book for kids. Our daughters love the illustrations. It does not mince words about proper decorum in mass! We’ve gifted a second copy and I’ve recommended it to multiple other families.

No problem. It was a gift

This book is a gen. The pictures are so sweet and the content is even sweeter. It goes over the meaning of the sign of the cross, the Our Father line by line, the Hail Mary line by line, the meaning behind various parts of the Mass, as well as proper behavior during Mass. Thank you, Neumann Press for publishing a beautiful and traditional book for our Catholic children.

Just what my 4 yr old needed, I love the style, such a sweet boom that every Catholic should own

Its a great book but not for kids to follow along mass. I has order two, one for each of my kids to follow along during mass but it does not have that information. It has great content and easy to understand. I will returning one and keeping one for the kids to read and learn all the great information it has about why is it important to respect God's house and how we need to behave during mass. It has great samples that the kids will easy understand.

The pictures are lovely and it is beautifully written.Makes it easy to explain to my little sister about the sign of the Cross and the Mass.

My son and I love this book. It is sweet and vintage and very clearly expresses at a child's level what Mass is for and why we behave the way we do there. My son is 4 and often repeats things he learned from this book--about the church being "God's house" and the need to be respectful.

Great book, lovely illustrations and stories. Love the way it illustrates and discusses good manners and respect that sadly are not seen very often anymore. Great for general reading and teaching with children as well as a book they can take to mass to look at quietly if they get restless during the service.

Beautiful little story book, Catechism, Mass book!!! Great to read and reread to children under six. Explains the Sign of the Cross, the Hail Mary, the Hour Father. Sweet colour illustrations. Timeless.