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Hero Dad
Melinda Hardin - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover
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A boy compares his father, a U.S. soldier, to a superhero. |
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Hero Mom
Melinda Hardin - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover
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The moms in the book are superheroes. They may not leap over tall buildings, and they may not have super-human speed. But these moms construct buildings, fly planes, and make tanks roll. They do all kinds of things to help create a safer world. These superheroes are moms. Military moms.... |
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Postcards from a War
Mike Blanc - Vanita Books
Format: Paperback
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Postcards from a War is about a boy whose mother has recently been deployed overseas to a war. His grandfather, who was about the same age when his father left to serve in World War II, helps him understand why she has gone away. He shares with his grandson postcards and letters sent by his father... |
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Year of the Jungle
Suzanne Collins - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Suzanne Collins has created a deeply moving autobiographical picture book about a father who must go off to the war in Vietnam -- and the daughter who stays behind.When young Suzy's father leaves for Vietnam, she struggles to understand what this means... |
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Rolling Thunder
Kate Messner - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Lines of bikes are miles long,shining, half a million strong.Rumbling, grumbling, engines roar.Peace signs. High fives. Spirits soar.Every Memorial Day in Washington, DC, more than a million veterans and their supporters gather for the Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom, a demonstration that... |
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Coming Home
Greg Ruth - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Print book
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Every day, soldiers leave their families to protect others. We love them. We miss them when they're gone. And we want them all to come home. They are our heroes. |
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Sometimes Love
Katrina Moore - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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A tender, poetic picture book about a military family experiencing happiness, heartache, and learning to grow through change"Changes come and changes go. Love through changes makes love grow." When her mother is deployed overseas, a young girl is temporarily parted from her beloved... |
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Shooting at the Stars
John Hendrix - Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
Format: Print book
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Shooting at the Stars is the moving story of a young British soldier on the front lines during World War I who experiences an unforgettable Christmas Eve. In a letter home to his mother, he describes how, despite fierce fighting earlier from both sides, Allied and German soldiers ceased... |
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At the Mountain's Base
Traci Sorell - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots.At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family... |
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A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day
Leah Henderson - Abrams Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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Today is a special day. Eli knows it's important if he's allowed to miss one second of school, his "hard-earned right." Inspired by true events and told through the eyes of a young boy, this is the deeply moving story about what is regarded as the first Memorial Day on May 1, 1865.... |
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Stubby: A True Story of Friendship
Michael Foreman - Andersen Press USA
Format: Print Length
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Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend . . . and a dog. From an army training camp to the trenches in France, this is the incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served bravely in World War I - sniffing out gas attacks, catching spies, and winning the hearts of his fellow... |
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Papa's Backpack
James Christopher Carroll - Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Hardcover
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When a soldier has to leave his or her family for extended service, it's an emotional time for all involved. It can be especially confusing and upsetting for children, who long for the comfort and security of a parent's presence. Papa's Backpack honors the bond between a parent/soldier... |
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Boyogi: How a Wounded Family Learned to Heal
David Barclay Moore - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover
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When his daddy comes home from the service struggling with PTSD, a young boy discovers that learning yoga together can be a source of healing. . Ever since Daddy returned from the war, he's been different. At first, Butta Bean thinks it's his fault - that maybe his daddy doesn't... |
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Red, White, and Blue Goodbye
Sarah Wones Tomp - Walker Childrens
Format: Hardcover
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Daddy is a navy man. He loves his family, but sometimes duty calls. And when it's time for him to ship out, it's difficult for his young daughter to accept. Saying good-bye can be upsetting. But the fun moments and special rituals they share make parting easier. Daddy's uplifting... |
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Love without Bounds: An IntersectionAllies Book about Families
Chelsea Johnson - Dottir Press
Format: Hardcover
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This follow-up to the critically acclaimed IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All honors the diversity of family life and what family can mean based on our intersecting identities and experiences.Written by three celebrated women of color sociologists, Love without Bounds: An IntersectionAllies... |
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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
Lindsay Mattick
Format: Hardcover
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In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war.Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable... |
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Tucky Jo and Little Heart
Patricia Polacco - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover
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Friendship, loyalty, and kindness stand the test of time in this heartwarming World War II-era picture book based on a true story from the beloved author-illustrator of Pink and Say and The Keeping Quilt.Tucky Jo was known as the "kid from Kentucky" when he enlisted in the army... |
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The Eleventh Hour
Jacques Goldstyn - Owlkids
Format: Hardcover
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Jim and Jules are childhood friends, born on the same day in the same village. All their lives, Jim has been first -- born two minutes before Jules, always faster, always stronger. When the First World War breaks out in Europe, the two young men enlist in the fight with 30,000 other Canadians.On... |
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They're Heroes Too: A Celebration of Community
PAT BRISSON - Tilbury House Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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A picture-book celebration of the ordinary people -- grownups and kids -- who hold our world together by going about their daily lives and work. We celebrate cops, firefighters, and soldiers, and rightly so. But let's also celebrate teachers, bus drivers, grocery clerks, mail carriers,... |
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The Whispering Town
Jennifer Elvgren - Kar-Ben Publishing
Format: Paperback
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The dramatic story of neighbors in a small Danish fishing village who, during the Holocaust, shelter a Jewish family waiting to be ferried to safety in Sweden. It is 1943 in Nazi-occupied Denmark. Anett and her parents are hiding a Jewish woman and her son, Carl, in their cellar until... |
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