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Deployment Resources for Families Before, During, and After Deployment: Books for Children

A guide to help families of service members access resources while the service member is preparing for deployment, while deployed, and when the service member returns home.

Books for Children

A Paper Hug by Stephanie Skolmoski; Anneliese Bennion (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY SKOLM 2006
ISBN: 9780978642501
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Brave Like Me by Barbara Kerley
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY KERLE 2019
ISBN: 9781426323607
Publication Date: 2016-04-12
Coming Home by Greg. Ruth (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY RUTH 2014
ISBN: 9781250055477
Publication Date: 2014-11-04
Countdown 'til Daddy Comes Home by Kristin Ayyar
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY AYYAR 2013
ISBN: 9781620862414
Publication Date: 2013-04-02
Countdown Til Mommy Comes Home by Kristin Ayyar
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY AYYAR 2017
ISBN: 9781631776199
Publication Date: 2017-05-02
Daddy's Boots by Sandra Miller Linhart; Tahna Marie Desmond (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY LINHA 2009
ISBN: 9780984512706
Publication Date: 2010-04-01
Deployment by Julia Cook; Tamara Campeau (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY COOK 2018
ISBN: 9781937870478
Publication Date: 2018-04-17
Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops by Jill Biden; Raúl ón (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY BIDEN 2012
ISBN: 9781442457355
Publication Date: 2012-06-05
Frequently Asked Questions about Being Part of a Military Family by Joyce Hart
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY HART 2010
ISBN: 9781435853287
Publication Date: 2009-08-30
God's Going Too! by Cursha Pierce-Lunderman
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY PIERC 2009
ISBN: 9781438916125
Publication Date: 2009-04-01
H Is for Honor by Devin Scillian; Victor Juhasz (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY SCILL 2006
ISBN: 9781585362929
Publication Date: 2006-08-01
Hero Dad by Melinda Hardin; Bryan Langdo (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY HARDI 2010
ISBN: 9780761457138
Publication Date: 2012-04-24
Heroes! by Susan B. Weaver
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY WEAVE 2011
ISBN: 9780982949023
Publication Date: 2011-02-28
I Miss You! by Beth Andrews; Hawley Wright (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY ANDRE 2007
ISBN: 9781591025344
Publication Date: 2007-04-03
I Wish Daddy Was Here by Katherine DeMille
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY DEMIL 2009
ISBN: 9781607998587
Publication Date: 2009-12-01
I'm a Hero Too by Jenny Sokol
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY SOKOL 2007
ISBN: 9781425989859
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
Military Kids Speak by Julie Rahm
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY RAHM 2011
ISBN: 9781452872162
Publication Date: 2011-02-04
Mommy Wears A Uniform by Jenny Burgei (Illustrator); Shunsee Wilson
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY WILSO 2009
ISBN: 9781439231067
Publication Date: 2009-05-16
Mommy, You're My Hero! by Ferguson-Cohen, Michelle
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY FERGU 2002
ISBN: 0972926429
Publication Date: 2003-02-01
Monroe Tales by Schuyler Croy
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY CROY 2018
ISBN: 9781948080217
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
My Dad's Deployment by Julie LaBelle; Christina Rodriguez (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY LABEL 2009
ISBN: 9781934617076
Publication Date: 2009-11-01
My Daddy Sleeps Everywhere by Jesse Franklin; Tahna Desmond Fox (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY FRANK 2017
ISBN: 9781938505256
Publication Date: 2017-11-27
My Hero by Allen Appel (Editor); Mike Rothmiller (Editor); H. Norman Schwarzkopf (Foreword by)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY MY 2008
ISBN: 9780312373467
Publication Date: 2008-05-13
Ned and the General by Ron Madison; David Covolo (Illustrator)
Call Number: E COMM M
ISBN: 9781887206242
Publication Date: 2004-11-01
Our Daddy Is Invincible! by Shannon Maxwell; Liza Biggers (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY MAXWE 2010
ISBN: 9781617510038
Publication Date: 2011-03-14
Sometimes We Were Brave by Pat Brisson; France Brassard (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY BRISSO 2010
ISBN: 9781590785867
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
When Your Dad Goes to War by 2030north Studios (Illustrator); Wayne Sumpter USAF Ret (Foreword by); Makekau
Call Number: J LIFESIL MILITARY MAKEK 2010
ISBN: 9780982660188
Publication Date: 2010-08-27
When Your Mom Goes to War by Makekau (Illustrator); Lorraine K. Potter (Foreword by); 2030north Studios (Illustrator); Makekau
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY MAKEK 2010
ISBN: 9780982660195
Publication Date: 2010-08-27
When Dad's at Sea by Mindy Pelton; Robert Gantt Steele (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY PELTO 2004
ISBN: 9780807563397
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
When Your Daddy's a Soldier by Gretchen Brandenburg McLellan; E. G. Keller (Illustrator)
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILTARY MCLEL 2022
ISBN: 9780593463901
Publication Date: 2022-10-18
You and Your Military Hero by UFlipp
Call Number: J LIFESKIL MILITARY JENSE 2009
ISBN: 9781592982684
Publication Date: 2009-02-01