Good-Bye, House

Ballard, Robin

3.33

9 ratings by Goodreads

ISBN 10: 0688125263 ISBN 13: 9780688125264

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 1994

On moving day a little girl walks from room to room, saying good-bye to the only home she has ever known. But her sadness fades when her family arrives at their new house and she makes a new friend. "A useful book for moving day that even very young children will understand."--School Library Journal.

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About the Author:

Robin Ballard, was born in Los Angeles and attended the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City. After several years in Washington, D.C., she now lives with her husband and sons in Switzerland. Ms. Ballard has written many popular books, including When We Get Home, When I Am a Sister, and Good-bye, House.

From Publishers Weekly:

Bidding farewell to a much-loved home isn't always easy, especially for a child. On moving day, as her parents pack the truck, a girl reluctantly makes the rounds of the empty rooms, reliving fond memories--toasting marshmallows in the living room fireplace, recording her growth on the edge of her bedroom door, the small hole in the bathroom ceiling where the rain dripped in. The story ends on an upbeat note as she arrives at her new house and promptly makes a friend ("I think I will like it here"). The clean, uncluttered design and pared-down lines of Ballard's sweet pen-and-ink and watercolor cartoons echo the simplicity of this sharply focused story that so accurately chronicles one of childhood's important transitions. Ages 3-up.
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