Lauren's Moving Day

Summary:

This book is called 'Lauren's Moving Day' by Sarah, Duchess of York. This story is about a little girl that is moving to a new neighborhood. She is feeling the anxieties of moving and is trying to deal with them. Lauren quickly realizes that moving is not as bad as she first thought.

Genre Evaluation:

This book would be classified as Contemporary Realistic Fiction. This story is written in a contemporary setting and is based on things that can and do happen everyday. This book was written to help children get over their anxieties of moving by educating the adults at the end of the story.

Classroom Activities:

1.Teacher's can make list of things that children generally have in their rooms. Allow the children to find at least one person in the class who has this item. You can only use a name once for any item. Make the number close to the amount of students in the class to make it more difficult.

2. Read this story to the class and then use moving as a topic for a writing prompt. Once they have completed the writing, let them share them with their classmates.

Read & Response Questions:

1. What are some of the things that you would take with you if you moved? Why?

2. What are some of the things that you would leave behind? Why? 

Personal Comments:

I think that this I a very resourceful book. For a child that is moving for the first time, they can better understand how they are feeling and that it is normal. I think that the Duchess of York was on to something.

About the Author:


Sarah, Duchess of York is the former wife of Prince Andrew.
She has taken up writing children stories along with some adult books. She has two daughters that inspire her writing.









References:

Galda, L., Cullinan, B. E., & Sipe, L. R. (2010). Literature and the child (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworths, Inc.