Deployment Kids Pack
This awesome pack includes three picture books, an activity book, and a deployment journal created especially for military kids!
Pack = 5 Books
Night Catch
by Brenda Ehrmantraut
When a soldier's work takes him halfway around the world, he enlists the help of the North Star for a nightly game of catch with his son. Night Catch is a timeless story that connects families while they are apart and offers comforting hope for their reunion.
Elva Resa
ISBN 978-1-934617-28-1
8.5” x 10” Softcover
32 pages
The Wishing Tree
by Mary Redman, illustrated by Christina Rodriguez
Amanda understands her dad is making the world a better place, but it doesn’t make his deployment any easier. She decides to create a small wishing tree in her room, writing her hopes and prayers on yellow ribbons that she ties onto the branches. As Amanda wishes for her dad to enjoy good meals, make new friends, and return safely, the little tree blossoms with yellow ribbons of hope. Includes information about wishing trees.
Elva Resa
ISBN 978-1-934617-41-0
8” x 10” Softcover
32 pages
Military Life: Stories and Poems for Children
written by Various Authors and illustrated by Quinette Cook
This collection of original stories and poems touches on many aspects of military life from a child's point of view. From moving to making new friends, deployment, homecoming, patriotism, and tender family moments, Military Life gives a glimpse of the many joys and challenges military children experience.
Elva Resa
ISBN 978-1-934617-09-0
8" x 10" Softcover
48 pages
My Dad's Deployment: A Deployment and Reunion Activity Book for Young Children
by Julie LaBelle, illustrated by Christina Rodriguez
This activity book features mazes, dot-to-dot, counting, matching, coloring, crafts, telling time, and other activities familiar to young preschool and early elementary children. Shown within the context of common deployment and reunion topics, the activities reinforce concepts young children are already learning and offer children the opportunity to ask questions, talk about their feelings, and feel connected to their deployed parent.
Elva Resa
ISBN 978-1-934617-07-6
8-1/2"x11" Softcover
112 pages
Deployment Journal for Kids (Second Edition)
by Rachel Robertson
Created especially for military kids, this popular journal offers comforting words and a special place to express feelings and record experiences during a loved one's military deployment. Includes encouraging writing prompts, ideas for keeping in touch, goal-setting pages, understanding feelings, fun military facts, and plenty of journaling pages for kids to tell their own story through words and pictures.
Elva Resa
ISBN 978-1-934617-57-1
5 3/4" x 8" Wire-O
112 pages
Deployment Kids Pack includes one copy of each book:
Night Catch
The Wishing Tree
Military Life: Stories and Poems for Children
My Dad’s Deployment
Deployment Journal for Kids (2nd edition)
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