Moving House: Books for Kids

"Mom . . . there's an elephant in the living room. It's moving day-and look who slipped in the door: an elephant! But when a little girl tries to tell her family about their unusual guest, the distracted grown-ups just say, "Ella WHO?" Even as children giggle at the girl's adventures with the smallish pachyderm, and at the fun, recurring refrain, they'll relate to the poignant theme about making-and sometimes letting go of-new friends" - ONIX annotations....

When Keesha's dad gets a new job, her family has to move to the city. Keesha finds that change is hard when it means leaving behind the home she loves and moving to a new house, a new school, and meeting new friends.

A young girl named Callie learns that her family will be moving from their house to a smaller apartment, and must have a yard sale to downsize their possessions. Callie is sad to see strangers bargaining for precious family mementos, but she eventually realizes that home is about family rather than things.

A little girl tries to reassure her favorite doll when they moved to a new, and very different, home.

"With four geese, three mice, and a very grumpy bear all crowded into one den, Bruce is ready for a new home"--

Fearing at first that her family is going on vacation without her, Nini the cat ends up traveling with her owners to their new home.

A Moogie family decides it is time to move to a new house, but nothing the real estate agent shows them seems to be quite right.

Jangmi finds it hard to say goodbye to relatives and friends, plus the food, customs, and beautiful things of her home in Korea, when her family moves to America.

When the spooky Graves family moves to town and tries to fit in with the "normal" residents of Union City, everyone is in for a few surprises.

A cat adjusts to its new home in an apartment, high above the ground, after living in a house.