My Best Friend Moved Away

Situational books are a helpful way for young children to help manage their feelings. Because I recently moved, I felt that this book was supportive of those children who have had a friend move. I enjoyed the memories of the friend’s activities: summer camp, movies, swinging in the park, building sand castles, snowman making, and many more. I think that any girl who has had a best friend move would this book. I feel it would help in the recovery process because it comforts the reader knowing someone else has had to deal with the results of a best friend moving. I took note to the details the artist put into her work. The pictures have bubbles around them because it is a memory. I like the worries and the wonder that the girl has because it is normal for someone to feel sad about their friend moving. The author taught a good lesson with the example of the best friends fighting but then apologizing. Unfortunately everyone does not get so lucky like the character in the book. In the end she had a new family move in with a girl her age. This character was not focused on herself who formed a good moral she hopes she will make new friends too. I liked the ending because it shows the girl eventually adjusting to the new neighbors.