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Moving

Picture Books & Easy Readers | Juvenile Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Juvenile Non-Fiction

Picture Books & Easy Readers

Aliki                                                                                                           
We Are Best Friends  (JE ALI)
When Robert's best friend Peter moves away, both are unhappy, but they learn that they can make new friends and still remain best friends.

Berenstain, Stan                                                                                                     
The Berenstain Bears Moving Day  (JE BER)
The Bear family decides it is time to move to a larger house.

Bond, Felicia                                                                               
Poinsettia and Her Family (JE BON)
Poinsettia Pig thinks the house she lives in would be perfect without her noisy, messy, always-in-the way brothers and sisters.

Cadnum, Michael                                                                                                     
The Lost and Found House  (JE CAD)
A mouse and his house suffer one mishap after another until a boy with a model train takes them in and provides a whole new life.

Disher, Garry                                                                                                                      
Switch Cat  (JE DIS)
Two cats have mismatched personalities with their next-door neighbor owners until one day when things are set right.

Dugan, Barbara                                                                                                       
Leaving Home With a Pickle Jar  (JE DUG)
Ernest P. doesn't want to move to Minnesota, but he hopes that taking his grasshopper along will help on the long trip.

Fiday, Beverly                                                                                                
Time To Go  (JE FID)
As he and his family prepare to leave, a child takes one last look at their farm home.

Greenwood, Pamela D.                                                                                       
What About My Goldfish?  (JE GRE)
Jamie worries about moving to another city, but with the help of his dog and pet goldfish, he adjusts to his new home.

Hoff, Sid                                                                                                     
Who Will Be My Friends? (JE READ HOFF)
Freddy moves to a new house and looks everywhere until he finds friends to play with.

Huriet, Genevieve                                                                                                   
Family Moving Day  (JE HUR)
Papa Bramble moves his large bunny family to a spacious new home, but little Periwinkle has trouble making the change.

James, Betsy                                                                                                                       
Mary Ann  (JE JAM)
After her best friend Mary Ann moves away, Amy finds a praying mantis and names her Mary Ann.

Karas, G. Brian                                                                                                       
Home On the Bayou: a Cowboy Story (JE KAR)
Because he loves cowboys but can't imagine one living in a swamp, Ned hates the move which he and his mom make to live with Grandpa near a bayou.

Keats, Ezra Jack                                                                                                    
The Trip (JE KEA)
Lonely in a new neighborhood, Louie creates a magic box from a shoebox and sees his old friends trick-or-treating.

Krensky, Steve                          
We Just Moved!  (JE READ KRENSKY)
When a boy moves with his family to a bigger castle, he finds that some things about life in the new place are different, some things are the same, and he gets more comfortable the longer he is there.

Lexau, Joan M.                                                                                  
The Rooftop Mystery  (JE READ LEXAU)
When Sam is asked to carry his sister's big doll to their new home on moving day, his errand results in embarrassment and mystery.

Martin, Ann B.                                                                                               
Rachel Parker, Kingergarten Show-Off  (JE MAR)
Five-year-old Olivia's new neighbor Rachel is in her kindergarten class, and they must overcome feelings of jealousy and competitiveness to be friends.

Ransom, Candice F.                                                             
When the Whippoorwill Calls  (JE RAN)
A Blue Ridge Mountain family is displaced to the flatlands by the creation of the ShenandoahNational Park.

Rylant, Cynthia.                                                   
Henry and Mudge and Annie’s Good Move: The Eighteenth Book of Their Adventures (JE READ RYLANT)
When Henry's cousin Annie prepares to move in next door he and Mudge help calm her fears.

Sharmat, Majorie Weinman                                                     
Gila Monsters Meet You At the Airport (JE SHA)
A New York City boy's preconceived ideas of life in the West make him very apprehensive about the family's move there.

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman                                                              
Mitchell is Moving (JE READ SHARMAT)
A dinosaur's exuberance about moving cools considerably when he realizes how much he misses his next-door friend.

Shecter, Ben                                                                    
Grandma Remembers  (JE SHE)
A boy and his grandmother take a final tour of the house she is leaving and relive memories of the wonderful times experienced there.

Turner, Ann Warren                                                     
Dust For Dinner  (JE READ TURNER)
Jake narrates the story of his family's life in the Oklahoma dust bowl and the journey from their ravaged farm to California during the Great Depression.

Viorst, Judith                                                                  
Alexander, Who’s Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move (JE VIO)
Angry Alexander refuses to move away if it means having to leave his favorite friends and special places.

Waber, Bernard                                                          
Ira Says Goodbye  (JE WAB)
Ira is surprised to discover that his best friend Reggie feels happy about having to move to a new town.

Yolen, Jane                                                                     
Letting Swift River Go  (JE YOL)
Relates Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of the SwiftRiver towns in western Massachusetts to form the Quabbin Reservoir.

Zelonky, Joy                                                                    
My Best Friend Moved Away  (JE ZEL)
When his best friend moves away, Brian tries to cope with his feelings of loss and separation.

Ziefert, Harriet                                                   
A New House For Mole and Mouse (JE ZIEFERT)
Mole and mouse move into a new house and begin to see if everything works just fine.

Juvenile Fiction

Buehler, Stephanie Jona                                                   
There’s No Surf in Cleveland (JUV FIC BEUHLER)
Having moved with his mother to Los Angeles after his parents' divorce, ten-year-old Philip finds that he hates California and does everything in his power to get back to his relatives in Ohio.

 Carbone, Elisa Lynn                                        
Starting School With an Enemy (JUV FIC CARBONE)
Worried about finding friends when she moves from Maine to Maryland, ten-year-old Sarah gets off to a bad start by making an enemy of a boy.

Caseley, Judith                                                   
Hurricane Harry (JUV FIC CASELEY)
Turning five years old, Harry faces the challenges of moving to a new house, acquiring a pet turtle, and starting kindergarten.

Caseley, Judith                                                      
Jorah’s Journal (JUV FIC CASELEY)
In her new journal, Jorah records her feelings about having to move, going to a new school, celebrating her birthday, learning the meaning of her name, and finding a friend.

Conford, Ellen                                                                      
Anything For a Friend (JUV FIC CONFORD)
Having moved frequently in her young life, Wallis is once again the new girl at school and must cope with the difficulties of making new friends.

Danziger, Paula                                                             
Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon (JUV FIC DANZIGER)
The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.

Fenner, Carol                                                                  
Yolonda’s Genius (JUV FIC FENNER)
After moving from Chicago to Grand River, Michigan, fifth grader Yolonda, big and strong for her age, determines to prove that her younger brother is not a slow learner but a true musical genius.

Freeman, Martha                                                          
The Year My Parents Ruined My Life (JUV FIC FREEMAN)
Twelve-year-old Kate has her entire world turned upside-down when she has to move from California to snowy Pennsylvania, where she tries to adjust to a new climate, a new school, and new friends.

Giff, Patricia Reilly                                                      
Matthew Jackson Meets the Wall (JUV FIC GIFF)
Matthew's family move from New York to Ohio is difficult enough as they leave behind good friends and memories, but the disappearance of their cat and a neighbor boy so tough he's called the "Wall" add to Matthew's anxieties.

Howe, James                                                                      
Pinky and Rex and the New Neighbors (JUV FIC HOWE)
Rex and her best friend Pinky are upset to learn that their friend and neighbor Mrs. Morgan is moving, and it looks like a family with an obnoxious boy named Ollie is set to move in.

Johnson, Angela                                                            
Maniac Monkeys on Magnolia Street (JUV FIC JOHNSON)
Ten-year-old Charlie adjusts to her move to a new neighborhood when she befriends Billy, with whom she hunts maniac monkeys, braves Mr. Pinkbelly's attack cat, and digs for fossils and treasure.

Krull, Kathleen                                                            
Alex Fitzgerald’s Cure For Nightmares (JUV FIC KRULL)
When nine-year-old Alex moves to weird California to live with her father for a year, she is plagued by disturbing nightmares and fears her new friends will learn her babyish secret.

Lewis, Beverly                                                                             
Good-Bye, Dressel Hills (JUV FIC LEWIS)
Fourteen-year-old Holly is heartbroken at the possibility that her family may move, taking her away from her boyfriend Jared and her lifelong friends.

Lindbergh, Anne                                                       
The People in Pineapple Place (JUV FIC LINDBERGH)
Ten-year-old August Brown adjusts to his new home in Washington, D.C., with the help of the seven children of Pineapple Place, invisible to everyone but him.

Lowry, Lois                                                               
Anastasia Again! (JUV FIC LOWRY)
Twelve-year-old Anastasia is horrified at her family's decision to move from their city apartment to a house in the suburbs.

Martin, Ann B.                                                         
Karen’s Big Move (JUV FIC MARTIN)
Karen is moving to Chicago for six months. Will she like it, or will she miss her home and friends too much?

Park, Barbara                                                                               
The Kid in the Red Jacket (JUVFICPARK)
When ten-year-old Howard has to move with his family to a distant state, he is forced to live on a street named Chester Pewe, adjust to a new school, and get used to being shadowed by the little girl in a nearby house.

Peck, Richard                                                                               
Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats (JUV FIC PECK)
Bambi, Buffie, and Brick, three totally cool siblings from Los Angeles, move with their parents to Hickory Fork, a small town terrorized by a high school gang.

Spinelli, Eileen                                                           
Lizzie Logan Wears Purple Sunglasses (JUV FIC SPINELLI)
When her family moves to a new neighborhood, Heather meets ten-year-old Lizzie Logan, whose brash and bossy ways make Heather wonder if they can ever be friends.

Spinelli, Jerry                                                               
Tooter Pepperday (JUV FIC SPINELLI)
Hating to leave her familiar surroundings, Tooter resorts to sabotage when her family moves from their suburban home to Aunt Sally's farm.

Walsh, Jill Paton                                                         
Gaffer Samson’s Luck (JUV FIC WALSH)
James's difficulty in adjusting to a new school and life in the Fens is further complicated by the request of an elderly neighbor to find his lucky piece, a task which puts James in some danger.

Williams, Vera B.                                                        
Scooter (JUV FIC WILLIAMS)
A child's silver blue scooter helps her to adjust to her new home.

Zolotow, Charlotte                                                               
Janey  (JUV FIC ZOLOTOW)
A young girl describes the loneliness she feels after her best friend moves away.

Young Adult Fiction

Hobbs, Valerie                                                                           
How Far Would You Have Gotten If I Hadn’t Called You Back? (YA FIC HOBBS)
After moving with her family from New Jersey to California in the late 1950s, sixteen-year-old Bron discovers the world of drag racing.

McDonald, Joyce                                                        
Comfort Creek (YA FIC MCDONALD)
When her father loses his job, eleven-year-old Quinnella and her family move from the security of a company mining town to an uncertain future in rural isolation.

Randle, Kristen D.                                                       
The Only Alien on the Planet (YA FIC RANDLE)
After moving to the East Coast, Ginny enters her senior year of high school and uncovers the secret behind a new friend's refusal to speak.

White, Ruth                                                                
Memories of Summer (YA FIC WHITE)
In 1955, thirteen-year-old Lyric finds her whole life changing when her family moves from the hills of Virginia to a town in Michigan and her older sister Summer begins descending into mental illness.

Juvenile Non-Fiction

Rogers, Fred                                                                 
Moving  (JUV 648.9 ROGERS)
Describes in detail the process of moving, as well as the irritation and uncertainty, the sorrow and the excitement.