PUBLICATIONS
Published books via Summertime Publishing. Available through Amazon and Book Depository.
If you would like signed copies sent to you directly, contact Valérie here.
B at Home: Emma Moves Again
Emma is only ten years old, but has already moved twice. Now, her parents are telling her the family is moving again. She’s furious, sad, nervous, and a little excited, all at the same time.
Unsure of how to tackle these conflicting emotions, she turns to B, her faithful teddy bear. While trying to come to terms with the challenges of another move, what Emma really wants is just to ‘be at home’.
As the journeys of Emma and B unfold, home changes once again, but home also begins to take on a new meaning that Emma can take with her wherever she goes.
This chapter book is intended for 7-12 year old children, although the story of B and Emma will resonate with many older children and adults.
There are discussion questions at the end of the book to help parents and teachers address many of the topics and questions that come along with any change and transition.
My Moving Booklet
Moving usually means going through quite a roller coaster of feelings. It can be exciting and terrifying at the same time. It can be very sad to say goodbye, but it can also be incredibly fun to experience new things and meet new people.
This booklet is designed to help children through the various stages of an upcoming move, from the moment that they find out about moving until about six months after the move.
Children will have the opportunity to either write about it, to draw a picture, or to glue on a photograph. This is their own unique story that one day will serve as a keepsake of a life-changing event.
Schools and companies have used My Moving Booklet as a gift for their arriving and leaving students and families to assist them through the process of moving.
For a small additional fee (when ordering 50 copies or more), you can have your school or company logo added to the cover. For more information, contact Roots with Boots here.
To preview the first few pages of My Moving Booklet: Sample Proof
Letters Never Sent
What does it mean to belong when your life spans countries, cultures, and constant change? Letters Now Sent, Volume 1 gathers signed, deeply personal letters written by and to people with cross-cultural lives. Their voices that speak with honesty about love and loss, gratitude and regret, celebration and longing. Inspired by Ruth E. Van Reken’s Letters Never Sent, this collection has been curated by lifelong letter-writer and Third Culture Kid (TCK) consultant Megan C. Norton-Newbanks. It offers more than stories. It is a living archive of identity in motion. These are not polished essays or anonymous reflections, but primary-source letters that capture the beauty and difficulty of life between worlds. Open this book like a treasured box of saved correspondence, and read slowly—with curiosity, reverence, and an open heart.
Letters Now Sent: A Collection of Letters from the Globally Mobile complied by Megan C. Norton-Newbanks - Valérie's letter to Anja on p. 245-247