Jamela makes sense of her world by using a star to mark her place. In her old home, the star shines down on her bed from outside the window. In a time of upheaval, with mum packing up to move house Jamela struggles to make sense of her place in a shifting world.
Jamela packs Christmas her chicken, her red suitcase, her books, her dolls and even her school things. When packing becomes overwhelming - and the bumps, thumps and fussing all becomes too much for her, she packs herself.
For children, this picture book deals with the upheaval of leaving their home in a way they can relate to. The story brings to life the noise, the angst and the stress of moving house, but ends on a note of familiarity as Jamela "sees her little star in its right place up in the evening sky" and she goes "to sleep in her new room in her new home - under the same old sky."
Where's Jamela? by Niki Daly.
Illustrated by the author.
Francis Lincoln Children's Books
London, 2004.
If you like this picture book about a little girl who moves house see also Sunday Chutney.
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