Picture Books about Moving

Check out these books if you're looking for a way to help talk to your child about moving.

Updated June 18, 2024
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County)Molalla Library
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Ten beautiful things
Griffin, Molly Beth
Paper Book
A heartfelt story of changing perspectives, set in the Midwest. Ten Beautiful Things gently explores loss, a new home, and finding beauty wherever you are. Lily and her grandmother search for ten beautiful things as they take a long car ride to Iowa and Lily's new home...
A new home
De Regil, Tania
Paper Book
As a girl in Mexico City and a boy in New York City ponder moving to each other's locale, it becomes clear that the two cities -- and the two children -- are more alike than they might think. But I'm not sure I want to leave my home. I'm going to miss so much....
Yard sale
Bunting, Eve
Paper Book
When a family has to leave their house and move to a small apartment, it's hard to let go of things--but having one another is what counts. Almost everything Callie's family owns is spread out in their front yard--their furniture, their potted flowers, even Callie's bike. They...
When the stars came home
Luby, Brittany
Paper Book
A 2023 Horn Book Fanfare title * A Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Book of 2023 * A CCBC Choices Best Book of 2023 ★ "A moving portrait about discovering what home means...
Friends beyond measure
Fisher, Lalena
Paper Book
A CCBC 2024 Choices for the Picture Books category! A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best! A 2023 Horn Book Best of the Year--Picture Book "A loving tale inventively and informatively told." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A uniquely told story...

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