Goodbye, Old House by Margaret Wild and Ann James - OPTIONAL

Goodbye, Old House by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Ann James. PICTURE BOOK. Blue Dot, 2021. $18. 9781736226452

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

A child is moving and goes around the house saying goodbye to each room inside and all the things outside. When he gets to the new home he explains how this is the first time he walks through this door, pets this cat and many other things.

Illustrations are mostly black and white line drawings with splashes of color of what he is looking at or sitting on. The book is about a child moving and appreciating the new place they move into. He is not sad to move, but seems to know that the change is good and just part of life. The third graders thought it would have been more fun with better illustrations and more color.

Ellen-Anita, LMS