Moving (First Experiences Book Series) [Hardcover]

Fred Rogers (Author), Color Photos (Illustrator)

Book Description

Describes in detail the process of moving, as well as the irritation and uncertainty, the sorrow and the excitement.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: G P Putnam; 1st edition (May 20, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039921383X
• ISBN-13: 978-0399213830
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,751,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Fred Rogers: March 20, 1928 - February 27, 2003

Producer, magician, writer, puppeteer, minister, husband, father, Fred Rogers started out in children's television thirty years ago. The direction he trailblazed was the "creation of television programming that spoke, with respect, to the concerns of early childhood, not as adults see it but as children feel it." He has received virtually every major award in the television industry for work in his field, and dozens of others from special-interest groups. Fred Rogers lived in Pennsylvania.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a wonderful help with this difficult transition, September 28, 2005

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This review is from: Moving (First Experiences Book Series) (Hardcover)

I saw this book and thought, well, I know I can trust Mister Rogers, so I got it off the library bookshelf. We have moved three times this year and my 3 1/2 year old daughter, who hasn't sucked her thumb since she turned two, has started it up again. So I thought perhaps it's a moving-related thing. I was right! Not because she has articulated this to me as such, but because she has asked me to read this book 10 times a day since we got it. It has a calm explanatory tone (no scenes of toddlers throwing fits) which describes why you move, how you move, how you feel, and what the good things are about your new home. The pictures are wonderful; photographer Jim Judkis follows one family and their little boy from the time they first tell him about the move all the way through the process. Anyone who's moved can really identify with the photographs. Tripping over boxes in the kitchen trying to make dinner, friends coming over to help load things into the trunks of their cars, sitting in a new house with bare walls and empty bookcases... This book has filled the niche perfectly. It evens talks about how your old house is still there, which is something that had been bothering my daughter and I never would have thought to explain to her. She's happy now that she knows a new family will be living in it. I recommend this book highly and am so grateful that I found it when I did.

5.0 out of 5 stars As Great As You'd Expect from Mr. Rogers!, January 18, 2011

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This review is from: Moving (First Experiences Book Series) (Hardcover)

If you have family with a young child and they are about to move, Mr. Rogers' wonderful book is likely to answer every worry on that child's mind. The pictures are excellent, making it all seem real and understandable. I predict your child will be reading Moving (First Experiences Book Series) over and over again.

I only wish it would be reissued, since it is becoming increasingly a rare find. If you find it, snag it now, because it is an incredibly useful tool in a household undergoing this transition.