Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too - by Jennifer Grant (Hardcover)

About the Book

In this follow-up to the award-winning "Maybe God Is Like That Too, " a young girl wonders how to be a good neighbor to the dozens of people in her apartment building, the people on the street, and the other kids at the park. Full color.

Book Synopsis

With colorful pictures and poignant text, this practical and helpful book shows children how to love their neighbors without being preachy.

Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too is a timely and powerful book that features a young, biracial girl who asks her mother, "Who is my neighbor?" As Mom explains, "Everyone is your neighbor," the book goes on to show multiple ways people show love throughout their urban neighborhood.

Author Jennifer Grant helps children develop a worldview beyond themselves with her powerful and wise ideas around compassion, diversity, kindness, community, love, and empathy, creating an opportunity for adults to talk with children about what it really means to live out the Golden Rule. Parents, teachers and caregivers highly recommend this book and have seen behavioral changes in children after just one reading.

A wonderful companion book to the award-winning Maybe God Is Like That Too, this beautiful book outlines mutual care for one another, leaving readers contemplating how they might love others in their day-to-day lives.

Review Quotes

"Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too is glorious, a timely, colorfully-illustrated, inspired work. The story flows with ease, yet Jennifer Grant packs many powerful and wise ideas throughout. The pictures are vibrant, full of life and humanity -- a must-have addition for every family's library." --Matthew Paul Turner, author of When God Made You and When I Pray for You

"Find out what happens when an observant girl with a ponytail and bright pink pants decides to look for the good in others with an open mind and a giving heart in this feel - good story about the power of positivity. From an apartment window high above to the grass of a city park below, she notices small random acts of kindness and determines that she, too, can love her neighbors -- all the world over." --Foreword Reviews

"Maybe I Can Love my Neighbor Too is a beautiful story for today's children that opens up the age-old question of 'Who is my neighbor?' in an urban, diverse setting. This story, told from a child's perspective, will encourage children as well as adults who read it with the children in their lives, to explore what it means to be a neighbor in our world today. The story and illustrations together create a world of hope, curiosity and neighboring. I adore this book." --Edith Yoder, Executive Director of Bridge of Hope National

"In Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too, Jennifer Grant has created a jumping off point for discussion with children on what it really means to 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.' A timely and beautiful message!" --Kimberly Williams-Paisely, actress and author

"Our whole world needs to hear this beautiful message told by a wise child. Thank you Jennifer Grant for teaching us through an ordinary day in the life of one little girl how extraordinary it is to learn we can love the whole world, a person at a time. Buy this for all the children in your life!" --Becca Stevens, author, priest, CNN Hero, and founder of Thistle Farms

"I see a future when children who have learned from this book what it means to love the stranger in their midst, will begin to demonstrate for adults, who have forgotten, what it means to love their neighbor." --Jon M. Sweeney, author of The Pope's Cat and Margaret's Night in St. Peter's

"Through the pages of this delightful picture book, a little girl learns that 'Everyone in the whole world is my neighbor. And I can love them too.' Is there any lesson more important? A resounding five stars for Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too where Jennifer Grant's simple language conveys a powerful, much needed message." --Glenys Nellist, author of the Love Letters from God, and Snuggle Times

"Jennifer Grant once again gives us a simple, lyrical story that welcomes young children to imagine living a life of love and generosity. I suspect kids will ask parents to read it again and again and then want to talk about what it looks like to love and be loved in their own communities." --Amy Julia Becker, author of White Picket Fences: Turning toward Love in a World Divded by Privilege

"This is the book I wish I had for my own kids when they were younger! I'm excited about Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too because it opens up a conversation that helps parents and children discover together how they're called to love their neighbors." --Margot Starbuck, author of Small Things With Great Love: Adventures in Loving Your Neighbor

"Love starts with noticing the people right in front of you. In Jennifer Grant's new book, Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too, she recognizes this simple but profound truth, and calls children to see each person as someone with value and dignity. By teaching our children to widen their perspective, we encourage them to be a reflection of God's empathy and compassion." --Carol Bremer-Bennett, Executive Director of Wold Renew, US