Review of I Don’t Want to Move! written by Carolyn Watkins and illustrated by Emily Hercock.
This is an amazing children’s book, which targets a very tricky topic in many children’s lives! Moving houses, towns, and even countries!
The book tells a story of a young girl named Charlotte, who is told she is going to move from her current home. Her life is then turned upside-down once she realizes she will have to leave her house, room, school, and friends!
The illustrations are very impressive. I believe, this is worth mentioning, as half the value of a children’s book is the art, as well as the words!
As a grown-up reader, I only noticed one narrative flaw and it's that it never really gets clear when the family moves. Some scenes feel ‘rushed’ when they need to be more descriptive (for example, when exactly the family move), and some feel very ‘broad’ when they need to be on point and maybe have one or two sentences. This is why I will give 4 of 5 stars!
A very beautiful message is expressed by the plot –one of the importance of support from friends and family! This book will be an amazing read for all children and parents struggling with the fear of the new!

Thank you so much to Booksgosocial and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

Charlotte liked her school, her house and her friends, but her parents are moving. She struggles to settle into her new school, she struggles to make friends. She meets with the school counsellor and there finds a few friends and slowly start to feel better.

Charlotte really enjoyed her life, the thought of a new school scared her, a new teacher, having to try and make new friends. On her first day she only makes one friend. The portrayal of the feelings and struggles is great and explained really well. It’s a daunting thing having to redo everything you’d been comfortable with for your whole life and adjusting can be hard to do.

This book could be a great helper if you’re planning on moving to help give your child some guidance and help the process go a bit smoother. It’s a well written book, with a sweet message and great advice written within the story of what to do and how to figure out how to fit in at a new school.

This book did not format well on the Kindle device, but the story itself was accessible for young children and discussed a difficult topic for kids in a gentle way. It ended on a hopeful note for children and teaches about the benefits of therapy for children. The illustrations seemed to depict older children than the audience, which took me out of the story a bit.

Perfectly decent look at a girl anxious about being moved to a new home and school by her well-intentioned mother. It will be picked from the shelves as a lesson-giver more than as entertainment, but it's colourful, and the text conveys the fretting of the girl at having no friends and too much that is new all at once (even if the otherwise more than decent art is a little too wooden in portraying such heightened emotions). And in (spoiler alert) holding attention on the girl until someone else turns up as a newbie and needs a helping companion, it spreads the whole pay-it-forward philosophy, so that whole classes at a time can see the benefit given of being friendly to fresh arrivals. A strong four stars.

Moving is hard for adults. But what adults usually don’t realize the depth of sadness a child feels about moving. Adults adapt much faster so kids need the extra emotional support from the adults around the child - not just parents. Good ideas on helping kids get used to their new surroundings.
I received a free copy from NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

I Don't Want To Move by Carolyn Watkins

This children's book has really bright and vibrant illustrations that help tell the story of a little girl who has to move house and becomes the new kid in school because of it.

I think this is a good story for a child who has to start a new school as it has some nice helpful tips for them. It's a nice well written story.

Thank you to the author, publishers, and netgalley for my review copy of this book.

This is such a great option for any young kid who has to move to a new home and school. It’s such a tough transition after the first grade and this talks about how you can keep old friends and make new friends.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the arc in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for a copy of this book! Below is my honest review.

Summary of plot:
Charlotte and her family are moving to a new home, and Charlotte doesn't want to leave her school, her friends, etc. She learns what it's like to be the new girl at a new school.

Pros about the book:
✔️ Adorable and colorful illustrations
✔️ Very relatable story (I wish I had this book when I was younger!)
✔️ Diverse set of characters
✔️ Mentions a guidance counselor and one method used to be less anxious

Cons about the book:
❌ None!

Would I recommend this book? Yes.

Charlotte's family is moving to a new house. She's nervous about having to go to a new school and make new friends. Charlotte grows as a character from being apprehensive to showing the school's newest arrival around.
This book is easily relatable for any child who is moving and doesn't want life to change from how it is now.

Charlotte represents all the children who have just moved in and have to adapt to a new environment at a new school and it must be really hard. I loved the story and how Charlotte slowly started to adapt with the help of a new friend and a chancellor. The illustrations are beautiful

Moving can sometimes be an inevitable part of life, but that doesn’t make it any easier for kids to understand. This one provides a story about little Charlotte, who discovers her family is moving. She is immediately terrified and doesn’t know what she will do at a new school – but in due time, she ends up growing and loving her new school, even managing to become a school ambassador, and welcoming other kids into the new school. A relatable, easy to digest tale about how sometimes new and scary things can bring us some of the most rewarding adventures in our lives.

As a teacher, it's so nice when I can recommend a book to my students. This is great to adopt for all of my students that are just moving to my school. Everyone needs a Janelle in their life... she is the friend that is the FIRST one to help and give a smile when our main character walks into her new school!

Thank goodness for the great teachers that help students feel at home too. I always think about what a tough decision moving can be for parents, and this a way to explain that to kids too!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for making this available..

I feel like this could be such an important book for children. It’s tough moving to a new house let alone a new school and area. This book will definitely help kids transition with change!

I Don’t Want to Move by Carolyn Watkins is a very cute book about moving and finding new fiends at a new school. The illustrations are nice. She got to have her old friends come over and have a sleepover than another girl came to the school and she was not the new student any more. She could show the new girl around and she would both become best friends as they were both the new kids.

I don't Want to Move is a special story about the a little girl, Charlotte, who doesn't want to move. But her parents help her understand that all will be ok. Very beautiful illustrations, and a cute story.

This is such a cute book about moving and would be great for any kid to read if their family is getting ready to move. I will definitely recommend it to people with kids.

As an adult that moved around a lot as a child, I didn’t really care for this book. While the book did make mention of not wanting to move and some of the emotions that come along with it, it wasn’t very realistic. Not every child that moves is going to have a new classmate join their class after them. Which means things will or automatically make things better. As someone with a background in Early Childhood Education, I’ve also never seen the school counselor sit down and have lunch with students to make them feel more welcome.

We all know, even as adults, how difficult and stressful it is to move to another town. In this book, Little Charlotte's parents are making a move and this means Charlotte has to leave her friends and her familiar surroundings. Charlotte ends up being the new kid on the block, but embracing it and shares that journey with us. The illustrations are beautiful!!

used to moving a few times when I was a kid, I understand why Charlotte hesitated to move. this book showed that moving wasn't a scary thing and it might be fun. I liked this story.

This family looks like Ron, Hermione and Rose. Way to inherit that red hair, kid.

While I think it is important to highlight the importance of dealing with change, I think this went just a little too easily. There's generally more conflict, which is fine. That's life.