Alexander, Who's Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move

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Title: Alexander, Who’s Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction 
Author: Judith Viorst 
Major Awards: None
Age Group: 4 - 8 Year olds 


Summary: 
When Alexander’s dad gets a new job and tells him they're going to be moving  1,000 miles away to a
whole new city he is mad and refuses to move. He says that he will never find a better best friend than,
Paul or a better sitter than Rachel. Alexander is sad that he will have to leave his neighbors, his soccer team,
his carpool, and all of the kids who know him in school. He can't bear to leave his friends and the people he
knows and loves so he decides that he just won't move. Maybe he can live in a tent or a tree house? He
starts thinking of all of the different ways that he won't have to move such as, hiding from his parents and
even barricading his room, but these don't work. His parents finally convince him that moving won't be so
bad after all and that he will make a lot of new friends and memories. Alexander finally accepts this and
packs to get ready to move. 

I would love to use this book in my class early in the year when having a little discussion on moving. I know
that a lot of children move around and it can be extremely hard on them. This book would be a great
resource to use top show students that moving is extremely common and that no matter what there are
always new people to meet, new places to discover, and new memories to be made wherever we may go. I
feel as if this book would be relatable to a lot of students and help some get a more positive attitude on
moving in general. 

I feel that this book would be great for students in grades kindergarten - first grade. Even if many of them
have not moved ,this book can still give them the idea that moving isn't such a bad thing. Also, it has a
plethora of great pictures and easy words in which a younger audience would be able to understand and
maybe even read. This book can be used as a great life example that many children may have gone through
or may go through in the future. 


If I were to use this book in my classroom I would first read it aloud to my whole class. Then, I would have a
group discussion about it and ask my students questions such as, “why didn't Alexander want to move?”,
“who was he saying bye to?” “why was he scared to move?”, etc. Next, I would have my students create a
beginning, middle, and end chart to show what happened during each part of the book. I could also have my
students draw what they think Alexander’s new home is going to look like and what his new friends names
will be, as well as what his new favorite places will be.

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