Abigail's Good Samaritan Adventure

What does it mean to love your neighbor?

For a child, a neighbor might be the person next door, a friend at school, or someone they have never met. But what does loving that person look like? How do we respond when someone needs help? And what does kindness ask of us when stopping to care interrupts our plans?

Abigail's Good Samaritan Adventure invites young readers to explore these questions through the timeless lesson of the Good Samaritan. In this second book in Tonya Truster's Abigail's Adventures series, kindness becomes an invitation to notice others, respond with compassion, and put love into action.

Jesus' teaching about loving our neighbors offers children a meaningful way to think about their relationships and responsibilities. A neighbor can be someone familiar or someone new, someone who shares our interests or someone whose life looks different from our own. The opportunity to care begins when we pay attention.

With a child-centered approach to faith and everyday choices, this adventure encourages young readers to consider how they can become caring neighbors. Noticing someone sitting alone, listening when a friend is hurting, offering help, or asking a trusted adult to step in can all become expressions of compassion. These everyday moments give children opportunities to practice the love they are learning about.

A story to share. A conversation to begin. A lesson to carry into everyday life.

Written for families to enjoy together, Abigail's Good Samaritan Adventure opens the door to thoughtful conversations about:

For parents, grandparents, and teachers, the Good Samaritan's lesson provides a starting point for listening as well as teaching. Who do children notice? What makes helping difficult? When have they received kindness themselves? Exploring these questions together can help young readers understand compassion through their own experiences.

Whether shared during family reading time, read aloud in a classroom, or used to begin a Sunday school conversation, this book invites children and adults to keep thinking beyond the final page. Each new day brings opportunities to notice a need, make room for someone, and choose a caring response.

How can I be a loving neighbor today?

Join Abigail for an adventure that encourages young hearts to carry that question with them-and discover how everyday acts of kindness can become meaningful expressions of God's love.