Love Your Neighbor

by Melody Carlson, Susan Reagan (Illustrator)

One in a series of three books from award-winning children's author Melody Carlson, presents children with typical situations they may face every day but shows how the child should conduct themselves by illustrating what Jesus would have said or done.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Melody Carlson is the award-winning author of over two hundred books, several of them Christmas novellas from Revell, including her much-loved and bestselling book, The Christmas Bus.

She also writes many teen books, including the Diary of a Teenage Girl series, the TrueColors series, and the Carter House Girls series.

Melody was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in the inspirational market for her books, including the Notes from a Spinning Planet series and Finding Alice, which is in production as a Lifetime Television movie. She and her husband serve on the Young Life adult committee in central Oregon.

Reviews

[James Mead · Rating 4 out of 5]

'Love Your Neighbor' by Melody Carlson was well written and appropriate for young children. The story tells of a child who has a very annoying neighbor. Her grandmother tells her to "love your neighbor as you love yourself." At the end of the story the two become friends and follow the moral of loving your neighbor and giving people who are different from you a chance. Although this book is well written and gives a great message, it is based on christianity. The bible and Jesus are mentioned as well as a bible verse which would lead me to not use this book in a classroom or anywhere. I do not like the idea of promoting a value such as how to treat people based on religious views.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book that talks about why we should love our neighbors. Tim Wood is the boy next door and he just isn't the most loved kid in the neighborhood. However, one little boy decides that he needs to love Tim. Great book!