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Books
158 resources in this category
A Beginner's Guide to the Deep Culture Experience: Beneath the Surface
A Beginner's Guide to the Deep Culture Experience: Beneath the Surface is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
A Broad Abroad: The Expat Guide to Successful Living Abroad
A Broad Abroad: The Expat Guide to Successful Living Abroad is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
A Fish in Foreign Waters: A Book for Bilingual Children
A Fish in Foreign Waters: A Book for Bilingual Children is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
A Fish Out of Water
A Christian picture book for young TCKs (ages 3–7) using the story of a little fish to open conversations about moving, culture shock, and belonging.
A Great Move: Surviving and Thriving in Your Expat Assignment
A Great Move: Surviving and Thriving in Your Expat Assignment is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
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A Life Elsewhere (adult content)
A Life Elsewhere (adult content) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
A Movable Marriage: Relocate Your Relationship Without Breaking It
A Movable Marriage: Relocate Your Relationship Without Breaking It is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
A Moving Landscape (poetry)
Poetry of life overseas.
A Work of Heart: A Collection of Artwork from Multicultural Individuals
A Work of Heart is a creative project led by Simona Wiig and Megan C. Norton-Newbanks that invites individuals with a Third Culture experience to share their stories through art. This first volume is a curated collection of artwork by and for Cross-Cultural Kids (CCKs), Third Culture Kids (TCKs), global nomads, and anyone whose identity has been shaped by crossing cultures.
A World of New Beginnings
An award-winning rhyming picture book following siblings Emma and Eliott as they navigate the emotions of moving abroad, ideal for expat families and TCKs.
Across the Pond
Middle-grade novel about Callie, an American girl who moves to a Scottish castle and must find her tribe—perfect for kids navigating international moves and fresh starts.
Adelina Aviator
Adelina Aviator is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move (age 5-8)
Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move (age 5-8) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Alien Citizen Film
Alien Citizen Film is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon (age 7+)
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon (age 7+) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Arrivals, Departures, and the Adventures In-Between
A humorous, insightful book blending personal TCK stories with research on cross-cultural upbringing—entertaining and essential for teens, ATCKs, and their parents.
Arriving Well Activity Book (Holmes)
Therapeutic arriving activities.
Art of Crossing Cultures
Art of Crossing Cultures is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
B at Home: Emma Moves Again
A dual-perspective novel for ages 9–13 told through a TCK girl and her teddy bear as they navigate yet another international move—practical, emotional, and endorsed by Ruth Van Reken.
Bargaining Across Borders (Book)
Book on cross-cultural negotiation.
Beijing Tai Tai: Life, Laughter and Motherhood in China's Capital
Beijing Tai Tai: Life, Laughter and Motherhood in China's Capital is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Belonging Beyond Borders (Norton)
Belonging book by Megan Norton.
Belonging Everywhere and Nowhere: Insights into Counseling the Globally Mobile
The first professional guide for counselors working with globally mobile clients and TCKs—filled with real-world examples, theory, and practical intervention techniques.
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Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Between Worlds: Essays on Culture and Belonging
Between Worlds: Essays on Culture and Belonging is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Beyond Borders Publishing
Beyond Borders Publishing is a boutique publishing house that publishes books on the Third Culture Kid/Cross-Cultural Kid experience. We are committed to amplifying and honoring stories about cross-cultural experiences.
Bride Flight
Bride Flight is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Business Beyond Borders (Book)
Stories from working in 100 cultures around the world.
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Call of the Jungle
Sequel to Jungle Child.
Children from Australia to Zimbabwe
Children from Australia to Zimbabwe is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Children Just Like Me: Celebrations!
Children Just Like Me: Celebrations! is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Choosing Home: 20 Mothers Celebrate Staying Home, Raising Children, and Changing the World
Choosing Home: 20 Mothers Celebrate Staying Home, Raising Children, and Changing the World is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Colours of a Cultural Chameleon
A memoir by a third-culture adult exploring the rich, complex experience of growing up across cultures and the lifelong search for identity and belonging.
Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind
Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Decurion: Called to be a 21st Century Warrior
TCK memoir.
Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of the Trailing Spouse
Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of the Trailing Spouse is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Discovering Our Voice (Teachers Manual for Geraldo)
Discovering Our Voice (Teachers Manual for Geraldo) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Echoes of a Global Life
A story of survival from Burma to Moscow and beyond. Memoir. Travel stories. Living in interesting times.
Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child
A practical guide for expat parents using storytelling techniques to build emotional resilience in globally mobile children and strengthen the whole family.
Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques
Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
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Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques that Will Strengthen the Global Family
Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques that Will Strengthen the Global Family is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Expat Bookshop
Expat Bookshop is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Expat Life: Slice by Slice
Expat Life: Slice by Slice is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Expat Teens Talk
Expat teen challenges.
Faraway Families
A picture book for children coping with a family member living far away, offering comfort and connection across distance.
Figuring Foreigners Out: A Practical Guide
Figuring Foreigners Out: A Practical Guide is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Finding Home Abroad: A Guided Journal for Adapting to Life Overseas
Finding Home Abroad: A Guided Journal for Adapting to Life Overseas is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Flight Path: Son of Africa to Warrior-Diplomat
TCK diplomat memoir.
Footsteps around the World: Relocation Tips for Teens
Footsteps around the World: Relocation Tips for Teens is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Friends (age 3-6)
Friends (age 3-6) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Geraldo
Geraldo is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Girl Uprooted
Shortlisted for the Selfies Book Awards 2024, this raw and honest memoir by a Korean diplomat's daughter chronicles growing up in six countries and searching for identity and home.
Given Up For Lost And Other Stories
19th century missions stories.
Global Baby
Global Baby is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Global Cosmopolitans
INSEAD professor Linda Brimm explores how people who have lived across cultures develop unique creative advantages—and how to harness those strengths.
Global Mom: Eight Countries, Sixteen Addresses, Five Languages, One Family
Global Mom: Eight Countries, Sixteen Addresses, Five Languages, One Family is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Growing Up in Transit
An ethnographic study of international school culture and TCKs that challenges conventional assumptions about who TCKs are and how they form identity.
Hanoi Jane
Hanoi Jane is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Here Today There Tomorrow
Here Today There Tomorrow is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Here We Are & There We Go: Teaching and Traveling With Kids in Tow
Here We Are & There We Go: Teaching and Traveling With Kids in Tow is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Hidden Immigrants: Legacies of Growing Up Abroad
Hidden Immigrants: Legacies of Growing Up Abroad is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Hidden in My Heart: A TCK's Journey through Cultural Transition
Hidden in My Heart: A TCK's Journey through Cultural Transition is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Hijos expatriados (Spanish/French)
Spanish/French TCK book.
Holding the Fort Abroad
Parenting guide for expat life.
Home Keeps Moving
Memoir of a TCK from England, India, Norway.
Home Leave: A Novel
Home Leave: A Novel is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Homeward Bound: A Spouse's Guide to Repatriation
Homeward Bound: A Spouse's Guide to Repatriation is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
How to Raise Confident Multicultural Children: Ideas and practical advice from diverse professionals for even greater success raising a bilingual and multicultural
How to Raise Confident Multicultural Children: Ideas and practical advice from diverse professionals for even greater success raising a bilingual and multicultural is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
I'm from Earth?
A fun picture book for globally mobile children that playfully explores the classic TCK question 'Where are you from?' through an out-of-this-world lens.
Incredible Lives and the Courage to Live Them
A TCK therapist shares personal and professional insights on what it really takes to thrive as a Third Culture Kid—honest, compassionate, and deeply practical.
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Into Africa: Adventures of a Missionary Kid (series)
Into Africa: Adventures of a Missionary Kid (series) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Japan Brats (book)
Book about Japan-raised TCKs.
Keep Your Life, Family and Career Intact While Living Abroad
Keep Your Life, Family and Career Intact While Living Abroad is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
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Kids Books Without Borders
Kids Books Without Borders is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Leaving Well Activity Book (Holmes)
Therapeutic leaving activities.
Let's Move Overseas: The International Edition of Let's Make A Move!
Let's Move Overseas: The International Edition of Let's Make A Move! is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Let's Move Together
Let's Move Together is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Letters Never Sent
A moving memoir in letters by the co-author of Third Culture Kids, reflecting on growing up as a missionary kid in Nigeria and the unresolved grief of a globally mobile childhood.
Letters Now Sent: A Collection of Letters from the Globally Mobile
Letters Now Sent, Volume 1 is a moving collection of real, heartfelt letters written by and to individuals who have lived cross-culturally. Inspired by Ruth E. Van Reken’s seminal Letters Never Sent, this volume opens a window into the emotional landscapes of identity, belonging, and transition.
Life From Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family and Forgiveness
Life From Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family and Forgiveness is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity: Two Generations on Two Continents
Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity: Two Generations on Two Continents is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Misunderstood: The Impact of Growing Up Overseas in the 21st Century
Based on interviews with over 750 TCKs, this research-grounded book examines how growing up overseas in the 21st century shapes identity, relationships, faith, and global perspective.
Mixed Heritage: Your Source for Books for Children and Teens about Persons and Families of Mixed Racial, Ethnic, and/or Religious Heritage
Mixed Heritage: Your Source for Books for Children and Teens about Persons and Families of Mixed Racial, Ethnic, and/or Religious Heritage is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
More Children's Books list
More Children's Books list is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
More to the Story
A middle-grade novel inspired by Little Women, following a Pakistani-American Muslim family as they navigate cultural identity when a family member moves in from abroad.
Moving Day
Moving Day is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
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Moving House: Miniature Edition (Usborne First Experiences) [Paperback]
Moving House: Miniature Edition (Usborne First Experiences) [Paperback] is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Moving On Facilitator’s Guide: How to Support Children Relocating to a New Country
Facilitator's guide for kids relocating.
Moving On: Activity Books and Guide to Support Children Relocating to a New Country
Holmes bundle.
Moving Without Shaking: The Guide to Expat Life Success
Moving Without Shaking: The Guide to Expat Life Success is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
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Netherland: A gripping political literary fiction novel exploring cultural identity
Netherland: A gripping political literary fiction novel exploring cultural identity is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Notes from a Traveling Childhood: Readings for International Mobile Parents and Children
Notes from a Traveling Childhood: Readings for International Mobile Parents and Children is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Nothing Like a Dane: Real-life Denmark
Book about Denmark for expats.
Of Many Lands: Journal of a Travelling Childhood
Of Many Lands: Journal of a Travelling Childhood is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
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Peanut Butter Friends in Chop Suey World (for teenagers)
Peanut Butter Friends in Chop Suey World (for teenagers) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Pieces of Purple
A new resource from beloved TCK advocate Michele Phoenix weaving narrative and practical wisdom for parents and mentors supporting globally mobile children.
Raising Global Teens: A Practical Handbook for Parenting in the 21st Century
A pediatrician's handbook for parents raising adolescents in global, multicultural environments—covering mental health, resilience, identity, and the unique pressures of international teen life.
Raising Multiracial Children
A practical toolkit for parents and educators nurturing positive multiracial and multicultural identity in children in a racialized world.
Raising Resilient MKs: Resources for Caregivers, Parents, and Teachers
Raising Resilient MKs: Resources for Caregivers, Parents, and Teachers is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Raising Up a Generation of Healthy TCKs (Wells)
A practical, research-based guide for parents of TCKs on how to proactively care for the emotional, relational, and spiritual health of their globally mobile children.
Re Entry: Making the Transition from Missions to Life at Home
Re Entry: Making the Transition from Missions to Life at Home is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Safe Passage (Ota)
Mobility and schools.
Safe Passage: How Mobility Affects People and What International Schools Should do About It
A landmark resource for international school educators on how student mobility affects psychological development and what schools can do to support healthy transitions.
Sammy's Next Move: Sammy the Snail is a Traveling Snail
A picture book following young Sammy through an international move—offering relatable emotions and practical coping strategies for young TCKs and expat children.
Scamps, Scholars, and Saints: An Anthology by Third Culture Kids
Scamps, Scholars, and Saints: An Anthology by Third Culture Kids is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Serving Well (Trotter)
Cross-cultural worker guide.
Slurping Soup and Other Confusions
Kids activity book on TCK transitions.
Slurping Soup and Other Confusions
A fun, illustrated anthology for children exploring the funny, confusing, and enriching experiences of growing up across cultures.
Someday Heaven (age 4-8)
Someday Heaven (age 4-8) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Staying Well Activity BookPractical Activities to Support Children Aged 7-12 whose Best Friend is Leaving
Ages 7-12 activities.
Staying Well Facilitator's GuideHow to Support Children whose Best Friend is Leaving
For kids whose best friend is leaving.
Staying WellActivity Book and Guide to Support Children whose Best Friend is Leaving
Staying Well bundle.
Stop Saying I'm Fine: Finding Stillness When Anxiety Screams
Christian book on anxiety.
Strangers at Home: Essays on the Effects of Living Overseas
Strangers at Home: Essays on the Effects of Living Overseas is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Sunshine Soup
Nourishing the global soul.
Tales of a Diplomat's Daughter
A young diplomat's daughter recounts her globally mobile childhood in vivid, witty stories that resonate with teens and adults who have grown up between cultures.
Tarmac
A practical workbook for teenage TCKs combining personal stories, research, and reflective exercises to help them process transition and build a healthy identity.
TCK: The Children of International School Educators
TCKs of international school teachers.
TCKResources.com
TCKResources.com is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Teaching and Learning for Intercultural UnderstandingEngaging Young Hearts and Minds
Intercultural learning book.
The Art of Coming Home
The Art of Coming Home is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
The Bilingual Mind And What It Tells Us About Language And Thought
The Bilingual Mind And What It Tells Us About Language And Thought is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
The Boy Who Weaves the World
A beautifully illustrated children's story in the Pierre's World Traveling Adventures series about a boy whose multicultural experiences help him connect people across the world.
The Crack in the Sidewalk
TCK memoir by Kietzman.
The Emotionally Resilient Expat: Engage, Adapt and Thrive Across Cultures
The Emotionally Resilient Expat: Engage, Adapt and Thrive Across Cultures is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
The Expat Partner's Survival Guide
The Expat Partner's Survival Guide is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
The Expats (novel)
The Expats (novel) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
The Global Etiquette Guide to Asia (Book)
Business and travel etiquette guide for Asia.
The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home
The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
The Illusive Home
The Illusive Home is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
The Kid's Guide to Living Abroad
The Kid's Guide to Living Abroad is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
The Mission of Detective Mike: Moving Abroad
The Mission of Detective Mike: Moving Abroad is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
The Mobile Life: A New Approach to Moving Anywhere
The Mobile Life: A New Approach to Moving Anywhere is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
The Rubric of Transition Among Cultures
Book on cultural transitions.
The Third Culture Teen: In Between Cultures, In Between Life Stages
Written by a teen TCK for teen TCKs, this relatable, personal guide explores the unique challenges and gifts of growing up between cultures.
The Worlds Within (anthology)
TCK art and writing anthology.
Theology is Not a Four-Letter Word
Theological conversation starter.
Third Culture Kids: A Gift to Care For
Swedish psychotherapist Ulrika Ernvik offers 57 short, interactive chapters to help TCKs, parents, teachers, and sending organizations celebrate and care for globally mobile children.
Third Culture Kids: A Gift to Care For (Japanese Edition)
Swedish psychotherapist Ulrika Ernvik offers 57 short, interactive chapters to help TCKs, parents, teachers, and sending organizations celebrate and care for globally mobile children.
Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds (3rd Ed.)
Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds (3rd Ed.) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
This Is the Way We Go to School (age 4-8)
This Is the Way We Go to School (age 4-8) is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
This Messy Mobile Life: How a Mola Can Help Globally Mobile Families Create a Life by Design
A creative, practical guide for globally mobile families using the concept of a 'mola'—a layered patchwork—to intentionally design a rich and purposeful expat family life.
Transitions: Making Sense Of Life's Changes
Transitions: Making Sense Of Life's Changes is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing up Global
Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing up Global is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Unstacking Your Grief Tower
A compassionate workbook for adult TCKs on processing the layers of unresolved grief from a globally mobile childhood and building toward wholeness.
Wake Up, World!
Wake Up, World! is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
We Are Moving
We Are Moving is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
When Abroad - Do As The Local Children Do: Ori's Guide For Young Expats
When Abroad - Do As The Local Children Do: Ori's Guide For Young Expats is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Why Travel When You Can Live There? Cayman Islands
Expat life in Cayman Islands.
Why Travel When You Can Live There? Hong Kong
Family's second expat move to Hong Kong.
Why Travel When You Can Live There? Thailand
First-time expat to Thailand.
Why Travel When You Can Live There? USA
Family's tour of all US National Parks.
Window on the World: When We Pray God Works
Window on the World: When We Pray God Works is a resource for third culture kids in the Books category.
Worlds Apart
An anthology curated by TCK advocate Marilyn Gardner, gathering voices of writers who have grown up between cultures—a rich and diverse literary exploration of the globally mobile experience.
Writing out of Limbo: International Childhoods, Global Nomads and Third Culture Kids
Academic TCK anthology.
Your Native Language is Your Superpower
Native language as superpower.