Books like Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
By Meg Medina
For the kid who has a best friend across the street, next door, or down the hall, this puts real words to the ache of a friendship that's about to change shape. Tender, quiet, and warm, with a bittersweet undertow beneath the everyday details.
A little girl flies with her family all the way to Holland to visit her grandparents, but somewhere along the journey, her beloved Knuffle Bunny goes missing again.
A mother sings the same lullaby to her son from infancy through adulthood, rocking him each night — until he is grown and gently rocks her in return.
A handmade doll stitched together with love stays by one woman's side through every season of life — storms, celebrations, losses, and finally, a cancer diagnosis.
A lonely little girl finds a star that has fallen out of the sky and becomes its friend, but when the star grows sick, she must decide whether to let it go home.
A child in the Arctic asks her mother again and again — what if I misbehave, what if I turn into a wild animal — testing just how far a mother's love can stretch.
Two brothers spend an evening fishing with their mama, each one asking who's better at digging worms, rowing, and catching fish — and, at bedtime, who she loves the most.
A veterinarian heading off to serve in World War I rescues a baby bear at a train station, names her Winnie after his hometown, and brings her along to war — a true story that leads all the way to a boy named Christopher Robin.
A pampered tabby cat named Oliver is used to being the only pet in the house — until a baby rabbit named Marshmallow moves in and slowly, charmingly, wins him over.
A warm, wandering list of reasons friendship matters, from knowing exactly where someone's ticklish to sticking together through pig-eating swamps and quicksand, real or imagined.
A mother lists the small, specific things she loves about her young son — his morning bedhead, the way he calls out "Mama" at night, his laugh — building a portrait of everyday devotion.
A young girl moves from Hong Kong to America knowing only a handful of English words, and finds a piece of home waiting inside her lunchbox every day.
Two children in the segregated South spot a sign for a 'colored water' fountain and imagine something magical and rainbow-bright — only to discover a far harder truth about the world around them.
