If you're looking for more guidance in planning your move, a
good next stop is your local bookstore. There are plenty of moving books for
adults and kids' moving resources too. To help you wade through the options,
check the listings of recommended titles.
What else will you find here? Books on moving with pets are
few, but the Web offers some helpful sites by respected sources to get your
search underway.
Remember too that there are professionals you know who can
be invaluable resources right now. We wrap up with some reminders. Chances are
you'll think of more!
• Smart Moves: Your Guide to Getting Through the Emotional Maze of Relocation
by Nadia Jensen, Ed.D., Audrey McCollum, M.S.W. and Stuart Copans, M.D. ($16.95
paperback). An educator, a social worker and a medical doctor offer help with
getting-ready, moving and arriving issues for kids and teens.
• Smooth Moves by Ellen Carlisle ($12.95 paperback). Chapters on moving
young children and moving teens highlight this highly rated how-to guidebook.
• Move It: A Guide to Relocating Family, Pets and Plants by Nan
DeVincentis Hayes, et al. ($11.95 paperback). General but wide-ranging advice
on planning a move for all family members—including the furry ones!
Footsteps Around the World: Relocation Tips for Teens (Second Edition) by
Beverly Roman, illustrated by Michael Cadieux ($13.95 paperback, spiral bound).
Checklists and other to-do features help teens address feelings about a move,
getting organized, choosing a new school and making friends.
• "Why Do We Have to Move?" Helping Your Child Adjust—with Love and
Illustrations by Cynthia MacGregor, illustrations by David Clark ($14.95
hardcover). Despite the subtitle, this is written to children, with humorous
illustrations and an honest assessment of what can be tough about a move but
what's great about one too.
Moving Day
• The Berenstain Bears' Moving Day by Stan & Jan Berenstain ($3.25
paperback). The familiar bear family moves from a cave in the mountains to a
tree house in the valley, and young readers go with them every step—from Papa
making the big announcement to Brother snuggled into his new bedroom.
• Goodbye House by Frank Asch ($5.99 paperback). A good choice for very
young fans of Asch's other Bear books. On Moving Day, Baby Bear and his family
remember times together as they walk through their now empty house. This story
illustrates the benefits of planning a goodbye ritual at your old home.
Moving with Pets
• Annabelle's Big Move, written and illustrated by Carla Golembe ($14
hardcover). Annabelle is the family dog and this two-stories-in-one is told
from her point of view. She wonders what's happening as the family packs up its
belongings, sends her off at the airport and meets her in a strange new place.
In the second story, Annabelle likes her new home, but she is lonely. The child
in the family, Miranda, helps her meet new puppy pals. This is a good choice
for helping children understand the strangeness of a move for the family pet
and for talking about their own feelings too.
• What About My Goldfish? by Pamela Greenwood, illustrated by Jennifer
Plecas ($14.95 hardcover). Jamie doesn't want to move because he's worried
about how his dog and goldfish will do. In the new house, he's still worried
that they are unhappy. He devises a plan that involves making new friends, for
his pets and himself.
Making New Friends
• Who Will Be My Friends? by Syd Hoff ($3.99 paperback). The author of
Danny and the Dinosaur introduces Freddy, who has moved into a new house and
now wonders how to find new friends. Rest assured, he does!
• Why Did We Have to Move Here? by Sally J.K. Davies ($15.95 hardcover).
Peter is miserable in his new house and at his new school, where the year has
already started and he's the new kid. But it's not long before he discovers
that there are great surprises and new friends to be found in a new place too.
• Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen, illustrated by Lillian Hoban
($4.99 paperback). Two respected children's authors have collaborated on this
gentle story about a young child's questions as Dad takes him for his first day
in kindergarten in a new school.
• American Humane Society Web site
www.americanhumane.org/kids/moving.htm
Tips on moving pets written to children. Share it with your family's Pet
Project Manager.
• American Veterinary Medical Association Web site
www.avma.org/care for animals/animated journeys Your child will enjoy
visiting this site and taking the Animated Journeys to visit the "Living With
Your Pet" section, where you can access information on "Traveling With Your
Pet." You'll find guidance on traveling by air, car, train or bus with your pet
from the old home to the new.
• Kingsbay.net
www.kingsbay.net/displaypage.cfm?catid=2076
If you are moving to another state with a pet, this local site includes a
time-saving listing of agencies by state to contact for checking on pet-entry
laws and regulations. The page also offers tips for moving pets, including "pet
peeves."
• Your family pediatrician—for answering specific questions or concerns about
how your kids are responding to the move; for advice on finding a new
pediatrician or specialist in your new community; for collecting health records
when it's time to move.
• Your pet's veterinarian—for advice on what to expect in behavior changes
during and after the move; best ways to transport your pet to the new
community, including whether to sedate your pet; plus getting health records
and recommendations for vets in the new community.
• Your family dentist—for referrals in the new community, including
orthodontists if you have a pre-teen with or who needs braces; and gathering
records.
• Your Century 21 representative—for all kinds of information and advice on
your new community.
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