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
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...
We're moving
Guillain, Adam
Paper Book
Nine families worldwide move home.
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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