Moving to a New Home

Books for children who are going through house moves.

Younger Children

9780746099117  Usborne Moving House Sticker Book

 9780750272179  Moving House 

(This book is aimed primarily at young children from 5-years-old and is focused on helping them to explore the potentially daunting feelings evoked by change and transition. The book is a reassuring introduction to change using simple and uncomplicated sentences written in the third person. The book is aimed to be read by children or it can be used as a support for teachers and parents. It opens up an opportunity for children to explore their feelings and to communicate them.)

         

9780746077252  Mouse Moves House

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9780198482093  ORT Stage 4 Moving House

 

9780141500256 New Home for a Pirate 

'Shiver me timbers'! Pirate Jed is not happy ...Imagine a pirate who feels seasick all the time. That's Pirate Jed! Fed up with bobbing around on the rollicking, rolling sea, he decides to pack up his pirate paraphernalia and heads off in search of a home on land. His adventures take him on a journey where he meets a whole cast of animal characters, desperate for his help, and they all join in his search for a new home. Finally they meet Farmer Ted who is fed up with life on dry land - so he and Jed decide to swap! So, with a cheeriyo-ho-ho, Pirate Jed and his new friends have a perfect new home! This title presents a gentle adventure about friendship, fun and finding your place

Older Children

9780800721336  New Home for Lily

Lily Lapp is moving with her family to Pennsylvania to join a new Amish community. In this small town where changes--and newcomers--are greeted with suspicion, Lily must adjust to a new school, new friends, and Aaron Yoder, an annoying boy who teases her relentlessly. Still, there are exciting new developments, including an attic full of adventure and a new baby brother. But why, Lily wonders, can't God bring her just one sister? The second novel in the charming Adventures of Lily Lapp series, A New Home for Lily gives children ages 8-12 a fascinating glimpse into the life of the Amish--and lots of fun and laughter along the way. It combines the real-life stories of growing up Amish from Mary Ann Kinsinger and the bestselling writing of Amish fiction and nonfiction author Suzanne Woods Fisher. With line illustrations throughout, this series is sure to capture the hearts of readers young and old.

 

9780192757913  Tilly's Midnight Fox

'The fox called again. Its eerie cry echoed into the night. The sound wove in and out of the night garden, and into Tilly's dreams.' One night, awoken by a strange noise, Tilly looks out of her bedroom window and sees a wild fox watching her from the lawn. Tilly follows it through a hidden gate and is amazed to discover a secret, moonlit garden. She returns the following night but this time a young girl called Helen is already there waiting for her. Tilly is delighted to have found a new friend, but is Helen real or is she a ghost?

 

 

 

 

9781848530065  Ella Moves House

Ella's mum has a new partner and now they're all moving into a new home together. Ella is not at all happy about this and does all she can to make it clear. As they are moving into the new house, a neighbour's dog makes off with Ella's doll Mollie. Ella is distraught but Joe saves the day, chasing the dog and getting Mollie back. Joe's derring-do wins Ella over and they all live happily ever after!

9781406223347  Moving House (Capstone)

Olga Moves House - Michael Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

Historical House Series (Ann Turnbull, Adele Geras and Linda Newbery)

 

9780006745150 

Harry Moves House

Part of a series for the child who is just beginning to enjoy reading or for reluctant older readers. In this story, Harry's excited about the prospect of helping his parents choose a new house. But when he finds out they don't want a penthouse with a swimming pool, he's not quite so keen. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9781447202905  Then Again Maybe I Won't

Tony Miglione is thirteen, and his family lives in a cramped house in New Jersey. But then his Dad invents something that makes them rich, and they move to a luxury home in Long Island. But being rich brings its own problems - Tony's Grandma feels useless when she doesn't have to cook any more, and his mum is obsessed with impressing the neighbours, but Tony knows the boy next door isn't as perfect as he looks. The only upside to his new life is that his neighbour Lisa keeps undressing with the light on. As he tries to adjust to his new life Tony starts to suffer from anxiety attacks and wishes everything would just be normal again?

9781447202875  Starring Sally J Freedman as herself

Sally J. Freedman loves making up stories -- stories in which she is always the star of her own lavish film spectaculars. But when her close-knit family is separated because of her brother's illness, even Sally's daydreams are not enough to comfort her. With her beloved father left behind in New Jersey, a winter in the Florida sunshine seems gloomy, and the cramped and dingy flat can't compare with her comfortable home, or her new classmates with her old friends. Worst of all it is 1947 and Sally is convinced that Adolf Hitler is alive and living in Miami Beach