Moving to a new home

Moving to a new home can be a challenging time for tamariki and their whānau. Here is a selection of books that will help children of different ages navigate the complex emotions that can be conjured up when leaving your home behind.

Updated July 15, 2024
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Forever weird!
Do, Anh; Faber, Jules
Paper Book
Bella's moving away! Far away! Weir feel slike she might as well be flying to the moon! For now, they're busy working on a cool new play, with FiDo's help. Can they stay friends fur-ever?! It won't be easy... but it will be funny!
The thirteenth home of Noah Bradley
Dodd, Amber Lee
Paper Book
  "Amber Lee Dodd writes with tenderness and thunder, and her storytelling is a bolt of brilliance."Kiran Millwood Hargrave Moving house is no fun. And no one knows that better than Noah Bradley. A curse has forced his family to move thirteen times. Whether it's a typhoon...
Home
Ellis, Carson
Paper Book
Influential artist Carson Ellis makes her solo picture-book debut with a whimsical tribute to the many possibilities of home. Home might be a house in the country, an apartment in the city, or even a shoe. Home may be on the road or the sea, in the realm of myth, or in the artist...
Turtle moves house
Graves, Sue
Paper Book
We're moving
Guillain, Adam
Paper Book
Nine families worldwide move home.
Home is a window
Ledyard, Stephanie Parsley
Paper Book
A family learns what home really means, as they leave one beloved residence and make a new home in another. A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People Home can be many things--a window, a doorway, a rug . . . or a hug. At home, everything always...
Evelyn Del Rey is moving away
Medina, Meg
Paper Book
The 2020 Jumpstart Read for the Record Selection (2.24 million readers) * An American Library Association Notable Children's Book * A Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year * A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year * A School Library Journal Best Book of...
When you are brave
Miller, Pat Zietlow
Paper Book
An inspiring picture book affirmation about having courage even in difficult times, because some days, when everything around you seems scary, you have to be brave. Saying goodbye to neighbors. Worrying about new friends. Passing through a big city. Seeing a dark road...
Annie & Moon = Ko Annie ra?ua ko Marama
Smith, Miriam
Paper Book
A new bilingual English and Maori edition of the classic and award-winning story about Annie and her black cat Moon and their long search for home, for 3 to 6-year-olds. Annie, her mum Meg and her pet cat Moon are always shifting house. One day Grandma offers the perfect solution - but...
Lenny & Lucy
Stead, Philip Christian
Paper Book
Peter and his father are moving to a new house beyond the dark unfriendly woods. When they arrive at their new home, Peter wants to turn back. Fortunately, he has Harold for company, but Harold is just a dog and can't help Peter. Scared of the things hidden in the woods, Peter makes a tall pile...
We're moving house
Taplin, Sam
Paper Book
A gentle and reassuring introduction to the idea of moving to a new home. This endearingly illustrated book gently introduces young children to the idea of moving house. Narrated by 4-year-old Ama, it explains each part of the process in a reassuring way. As well as the practical aspects, the book...
The comet
Todd-Stanton, Joe
Paper Book
A picture book touching on the impact of moving away from home that teaches coping skills for kids struggling with relationships and sense of belonging, while also holding space for the places they come from. For fans of The Blue House by Phoebe Wahl. "A lovely story...
Goodbye house, hello house
Wild, Margaret
Paper Book
A joyful story about moving house and embracing change from a much-loved, award-winning team.
The girl who wasn't there
Wilson, Jacqueline
Paper Book
'And we're going to live here, happily ever after, just like a fairy tale.' When Dad tells Luna and her little sister Aurora that they're moving to live in a real tower, it's almost like they've stepped inside a fairytale. But everything is not as magical as...

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