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Personalized books for children moving house

Soften the upheaval of moving house with a story where your child is the brave explorer of their new home.

Leaving a familiar home is one of childhood's biggest changes. A personalized moving story reframes it as an adventure - new rooms to discover, new friends to make - with the child as the confident hero.

Great moving-day gift picks

The New Home Adventure - personalized children's book coverJordan's New HomeNew

Boxes, a new front door, and a room that echoes - your child is moving! A warm story about saying goodbye, finding treasure in new corners, and discovering that home comes along with you.

Ages 0-8

From $14.90
The Very Last Box - personalized children's book coverRafael's Very Last Box

Everything your child owns is in boxes, and one box is going in the car instead of the van.

Ages 0-8

From $14.90
The Window With the New View - personalized children's book coverMira's New Window

The new bedroom is the wrong shape and the window looks at the wrong things.

Ages 0-8

From $14.90
My First Day of School - personalized children's book coverMarcus's First DayOur pick

A reassuring story for the big first day, where your child learns that a brand-new place can quickly start to feel just like home.

Ages 2-8

From $14.90
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Common questions

Are there children's books about moving house?

Plenty, and the ones that land best are the ones where the child recognises themselves in the child on the page. A personalized moving-house story does that literally - your child is the explorer of the new place, by name, on every page.

How do you help a child cope with moving house?

A story that casts the move as an adventure, with the child as the brave explorer, gives them a hopeful frame and the words for their big feelings about leaving.

When in the move should I give it?

Before the boxes go, while the new house is still an idea rather than an empty room. Printed copies take six days to the UK and nine to ten inside the US from approval, so order before packing takes over.

Does the book mention the new house or the old one?

Neither by name. It is built around the child rather than the address, which is deliberate: a story pinned to a specific house stops working the day they move again, and this one does not.

Will it actually look like them?

  • Reference portrait: Deep brown skin, tightly coiled hair, age 5The illustrated character kept from it: Deep brown skin, tightly coiled hairDeep brown skin, tightly coiled hair
  • Reference portrait: Fine, fair, barely-there hair, age 1The illustrated character kept from it: Fine, fair, barely-there hairFine, fair, barely-there hair
  • Reference portrait: Straight black hair with a fringe, age 7The illustrated character kept from it: Straight black hair with a fringeStraight black hair with a fringe
  • Reference portrait: Curly ginger hair and freckles, age 4The illustrated character kept from it: Curly ginger hair and frecklesCurly ginger hair and freckles
  • Reference portrait: Round glasses, age 6The illustrated character kept from it: Round glassesRound glasses
  • Reference portrait: Long braids with beads, age 8The illustrated character kept from it: Long braids with beadsLong braids with beads
  • Reference portrait: A visible hearing aid, age 5The illustrated character kept from it: A visible hearing aidA visible hearing aid
  • Reference portrait: A baby with no hair, 6 monthsThe illustrated character kept from it: A baby with no hairA baby with no hair

Skin tone, hair texture and freckles all carried through - including the cases most generators get wrong. See it up close

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Make them the hero of their own moving home story.