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The Blue House

by Phoebe Wahl

A home remembered through change

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A home remembered through change

Leo’s blue house stands amid a neighborhood being remade: familiar homes disappear as new buildings rise. When Leo and his father have to leave, their story holds two responses in view—grief for what is lost and the gradual work of carrying its meaning into a new home. The family’s expressive way of facing the move, through howling, raging, and dancing, gives the upheaval a concrete place in the story. Phoebe Wahl’s picture book connects a child’s experience of relocation with broader changes to the neighborhood, while keeping its attention on the bond between father and son and the memories attached to a home.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children exploring themes of moving, home, and change
  • Families seeking a picture book to discuss leaving a familiar place
  • Readers interested in stories about neighborhood change and family bonds

Themes

Home and memoryMoving and changeNeighborhood transformationParent-child relationship

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Book overview

In the tradition of Virginia Lee Burton's The Little House comes a heartfelt story about a father and son learning to accept the new while honoring and celebrating the old.

For as long as he can remember, Leo has lived in the blue house with his dad, but lately the neighborhood is changing. People are leaving, houses are being knocked down, and shiny new buildings are going up in their place. When Leo and his dad are forced to leave, they aren't happy about it. They howl and rage and dance out their feelings. When the time comes, they leave the blue house behind--there was never any choice, not really--but little by little, they find a way to keep its memory alive in their new home.
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