Michelle Ferguson-CohenBesprekingen

This book helps children understand what deployment is towards a child and the perspective of a military family.
Age:3-5
Source: Pierce County Library

A book that helps children of military families to understand the concept of deployment of a parent and war. The book presents the information in a childs perspective and helps them understand military life.
3-6
JBLM Library

this story is about children who deal with their dad working in the military and their feelings on separation.
ages 3-5
pierce county library

This book talks about feelings when mommy deploys. Shows whats going to happen when she comes home from deployment. Appropriate for age 3-5. Found in pierce college library

talks about feelings when daddies deploy. Also shows what will happen when daddy comes home. Appropriate for 3-5 year olds. Found in pierce college library.

This book is about children who have fathers that go off to the military for work. It talks about the day they have to leave and saying goodbye. It also talks about sending him mail and what the children do while he is away.
Age- 3-5
Source- Pierce College Fort Steilacoom Library

In this story, you look through the eyes of a child, whose mother sets out and travels alone, for the military. You get to see how a child [and their daddy] copes with mommy not being in the house, and at the moment, somewhere else in the world.

Ages- 3-6
Source- Pierce College Library

Children with military parents have to deal with the difficulties of deployments. This book helps children understand and deal with coping with a deployment and all the wonderful things to be thankful for during and after a deployment.
Age 3-5
Resource: Pierce County Library

The book is about deployment from a child's perspective as his mommy is away and how it makes him feel. The book talks about his separation in a simple way that assures and comforts him that his mom still loves him and that dealing with helplessness can be helped with more communication.
Age 3-5
Resource: Pierce College Library

saying bye to daddy when he leaves for deployment, taking lead and helping mom

having a parent in the military and having them gone on deployment

Children face the life experiences in their family as their mom goes away to serve. They use activities as coping strategies to help the moments go by. Dad helps explain why Mom must be away.

Child experiences saying good-bye to Dad and watches her mother go through sadness. Children have coping activities while he's away and mom explains why his job is important.

Mommy is in the military and has to leave for duty.Child and daddy are very sad, but they will have a party when mommy comes home.
Ages 3-6
Resource- Pierce College Library

A little boys mom has to leave him and his dad. His mom has to go to work and she works in the army. She explains she has to keep people safe and explains he will understand when he gets older. He sends drawings everyday to his mom. even thought she is far away and without a phone. He knows his mommy loves him.
Age 3-5
Source- Pierce county libary

This little boys mom is in the military. She is his role model. He copes with the idea that she's helping others.

This book can be used to help children cope with one of their parents being in the armed forces.

This book focuses on the troubles of having a deployed parent. This little girl knows that no matter where her dad is she loves him and looks up to him. Ages 3 and up.

A personality development book that helps children understand their emotions and express them in socially acceptable ways.

For children who are missing a parent that is deployed

This is a good book for children to learn how to understand and cope with their feelings about a parent being deployed. Although her daddy is gone her mothers always reassures her that he loves her and he will always eventually come home to them. one on one read ages 4-8

This book is great for children who are going through a hard time. Help children cope with parent deployment. Age 3 and up Pierce Library

This book is about a family who has a hard time with their father being deployed over seas. This book describes feelings and situations that a family may go through when a family member is deployed. I would read this book ages 3 to age 5. this book could be used for Biblothearpy and coping skills. I would only read this book one on one or to a class that is on a military base

This book was great how it helped to explain the anxiety of war for young children, great considering the community we live in!
Ages: 3-6
Plot

Shares a little girls feeling about dad being gone due to employment. Recommend for ages 4-6