Moving House: Miniature Edition (Usborne First Experiences) [Paperback] Anne Civardi

I read this to my son (almost 3 years old) the night it came in the mail, and he really enjoyed it. It wasn't boring and made the idea of moving more fun (a plus for the parents doing the reading). We are moving soon far from many friends and I needed something to ease the process. I loved that the story hit upon a normal childhood fear that one must leave or will lose a toy during the moving process. It has many good colorful pictures. I would say its good for any kid up to age 8 maybe - first or second grade. Will be keeping this one for awhile even after we move as it is a good reminder that friends are wherever we want to find them - never know where we will find our next friend :)

I've read nearly every "moving" book that our library has to offer, and this is the only one we come back to. It is straightforward, informative, amusing, and positive, without any of the emotional baggage that shows up in the books for older children. It introduces all the aspects of a major move, without the drama found in most other books, focusing on the family, the moving, meeting the neighbors, etc. Usborne has really high quality books all the way around, and this is no exception. I recommend for children 2 to about 6 or 7.

I think this book helped my son conceptualize what a move is. We bought this book after he asked if he could bring his bed with us to the new apartment and we realized that he didn't understand what was happening. It's not the most fascinating story but it has clear illustrations and made sense to my 2 1/2 year old. It's clearly British, which we liked (my spouse is Irish and lived in London for many years). The one thing I didn't like about it is that we live in New York City so we moved apartments and the book clearly talks about houses, but I'm not sure that was confusing or anything for my son. He was, however, disappointed that the moving van came while he was at daycare.

We purchased this book to assist our son, who is almost 3, with our upcoming overseas move. While this book is not geared towards overseas moves, the pictures of the parents sorting their belongings, items going into a moving truck, and items being unloaded into a new home are wonderful. Our son has requested that we read this book many times -- it is in his "favorites" rotation.

What about a book that doesn't involve movers? I just couldn't seem to find one. (Not everyone can afford movers!). Anyway, this was a good, simple little book that introduced my toddler to the idea of moving.

I recently purchased several books on the subject of moving for my 3-yr-old son. This is the only one I kept. We are moving from one home to another in the same town. This story talks about putting all of your things in boxes, meeting new neighbors and getting a new room. It is very positive and assumes the experience will be positive in the eyes of the child. I really like that. The other books I got assumed the child would be, angry, upset, scared, or sad about moving. I feel like there is no reason to plant those seeds of negativity. My son has no prior history of moving and therefore no reason to have any negative emotion associated with moving. I do want to prepare him for the process and this book is perfect for us. The illustrations are also really wonderful.

We are preparing to move and got this book for my 3 year. It goes through most of the steps of moving that directly affect young children and spin them in a positive light. My son enjoys reading this book and finding the duck on each page. Overall this is a great book for young children who are getting ready to move for the first time.

Simple book to prepare our son for our upcoming move. Small and compact so we took it with us on the plane. We moved 2 months ago and he is still reading it to remember the moving day.

Good read to prepare children for moving house.

this was a big help

Got this for my 4 year old to get him comfortable with the idea of moving and what happens when we move. Its a cute little book with keeps things simple with just the basics of moving - packing up and settling into a bew space.

We read this book and used it as a great jumping point to prepare our toddler for a big move to a new house. I really think this helped make the transition smooth and easy and our toddler was very excited about the new house.

This book was so helpful for my 4 year old to understand what would happen when we moved home. Would recommend