Little Family, Big Values: Lessons in Love, Respect, and Understanding for Families of Any Size

by The Roloff Family, Tracy Sumner

The stars of the reality television show "Little People, Big World" share personal experiences and offer advice for building strong family values based on love, respect, and mutual support.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography

192 pages, Hardcover

First published April 10, 2007

Reviews

[Jennifer Wardrip · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been a big fan of the TLC show starring the Roloff family, so was quite excited to read this book.

The Roloff family values are ones that everyone should strive to incorporate into their family -- love, respect, committment, responsiblity, perseverance. Told mostly from Matt and Amy's points of view, this is a quick, easy read that is even more poignant due to the obstacles that this family has had to overcome.

I agree that I would have loved to have heard more from Molly, the Roloff's daughter, or from Jacob, the youngest son. But there are good stories from the other Roloff kids, Zachary and Jeremy, and overall this is a really encouraging read.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Little Family, Big Values is the Roloff families stories mixed into the values they hold dear. It was an enjoyable read in a great conversational style with viewpoints from all the family members.

The individual values make up their own chapter with perspectives from different family members. Usually the chapter always includes Matt and Amy. Sometimes Matt's parents offer a section and the kids contribute randomly.

The values are: Love, Commitment, Perseverance, Respect, Family Pride, Parenting, Optimism, Faith, Hard Work, Integrity and Dreaming.

A great list of values.

[AF · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as entertaining as Against Tall Odds, but again, recommended for fans of Little People, Big World. A little hokey and full of "good, Christian values", this book is still pleasant and enjoyable for something very light to read.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was okay. I love to watch the show, so I thought I would give this a try.

I do like how each family member has a blurb about something and I can hear them saying it (in my head) as I read it.

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I find this show fascinating and loved the book. I felt the book was their honest feelings and how they live their life.

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of anecdotes and life lessons that will make anyone reflect on their own. This family continues to inspire.

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are a fan of the show you will like the book.

[Nichole · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I first got the book, I thought it would of been about their lives on and off the reality show. It was nothing like that at all. Very boring

[Stephanie Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the best books I have ever read. It is true story. I recomend this book.

[Lauren Wallace · Rating 2 out of 5]

"We are automatically seen as being at a disadvantage in nearly everything we do, and we have to work hard to overcome both people's perceptions and our own physical limitations"(146)

Honestly, I don't know why this book was written. I found it to be lacking an the stories were kinda boring. I did like a few of the value though.

This book was a quick read, as I read it in a few hours.

I don't know if I would recommend this book.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy their TLC show, saw their kids grow up on TV. I really thought this book was gonna be more homey, more heart warming.

[HeavyReader · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought this book would be sort of a memoir of the family: this is how the parents met, this is what the wedding was like, this is how we felt when we had our twins, this is how we felt when we found out that one of them was a little person; etc. (Maybe all that stuff was on the TV show, and I missed it.) Instead, this is a kind of self-help book for parents.

Unfortunately, the writing is pretty bad, boring, easy easy easy to put down. I read a couple of chapters and gave up on reading the whole thing, then flipped through it and read at random. It didn't get better.

And really, do people need advice like, "Sometimes, being a parent means telling your child the truth as you see it, even if it might not be comfortable to hear"? I don't know how other people grew up, but in my family, adults had no qualms about telling kids the truth as they saw it.

How about "It's good to remain positive and optimist, because if you aren't, you might miss opportunities right in front of you." OK, that's good advice, but like everything else in this book, it seems really dumbed down.

Maybe the book should have been called Little Family, Big Values for Dummies.

In any case, I am returning it to the library and not wasting any more of my time.

[Sue Summerill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting

I did not finish this book. The family has great values, but so do a lot of people. I would have liked more of a biography of the family. I watch the show faithfully and would like to know more about the famil.