A gentle story about change home and the hope life hands us when we open our hearts to receive it. Booklist starred review A beautifully simple story about moving to a new home exploring themes of change and permanence and told with warm illustrations from an awardwinning illustrator. A young girl is moving to a new country and theres so much that she wants to bring an aquarium a pear tree her best friend the ocean. As she moves through the list of the things she loves she comes to understand that while we cannot always carry things with us physicallymaybe they can travel with us in other ways. Told with warm illustrations by an awardwinning picture book illustrator My Favorite Memories offers parents and educators a gentle but impactful way to discuss the idea of resilience along with complex life events like immigration and moving to a new home. Printed on FSCcertified paper with vegetablebased inks. show more