Deployment
Deployment can be a trying time for families and can be especially hard on the kids.
Medical Lake School District wants to provide as much support as we can during this time of separation.
Schools can be one place where stability and normal routine can provide an anchor for children during the challenges of deployment and the resulting disruptions to daily life. The predictability of the classroom helps to cushion the impact of deployment that often includes changes in psychological equilibrium and disruption of individual behavior and coping skills. Alternatively, the stresses that may result from family separation have the potential to affect an entire school community and may interfere with the ability of students and staff to focus on learning.
Military Youth Book List
For youth going through deployments or other hardships from military life.
A few of the titles available at the Fairchild Air Force Base Library:
Additional Book Titles by age group:
Preschool-Age Books:
A Lesson About Deployment by Ron Madison
American by the Numbers by Devin Scillian
Hooray for Our Heroes, Sesame Street
Bearable Moments by Christopher Judd
Daddy/Mommy You’re My Hero! By Michelle Ferguson-Cohen
Daddy’s In Iraq but I Want Him Back! By Carmen R. Hoyt
I Miss You! A Military Kids Book About Deployment by Beth Andrews
My Daddy’s In the Military He Flies a Big Plane by Jana Kurzeja
My Father Is Far Away by Robin Ballard
Over There Mommy/Daddy Version by Zero to Three
Elementary-Aged Books:
A Very long Time by Geri Timperley and Nikki Arro
Boo Boo Bear’s Mission by Mary Linda Sather
How Many Stars In The Sky? By Lenny Hort
Night Catch by Brenda Ehrmantraut
A is for America by Devin Scillian
Daddy Got His Orders by Kathy Mitchell
Daddy, Will You Miss Me? By Wendy McCormick and Jennifer Eachus
F is For Flag by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
I Pledge Allegiance by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson
If You Listen by Charlotte Zolotow
I’ll See You When the Moon is Full by Jim Fowler
L Is For Liberty by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven
Mommy Don’t Go by Elizabeth Crary
More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby
My Dad, Everyone’s Soldier by Tiera Rozman
My Daddy is A Guardsman by Kirk and Sharron Hilbrecht
My Daddy is A Soldier by Kirk and Sharron Hilbrecht
My Mommy Wears Combat Boots by Sharon G. McBride
Ned and the General by Ron Madison
Operation Celebration by Stephanie Skolmoski
Red, White, and Blue by John Herman
Red, White, and Blue Good-Bye by Sarah Wones Tomp
The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Magic Box by Marty Sederman and Seymour Epstein
Middle School-Age Books:
Almost Forever by M. Testa
Dear Blue Sky by Mary Sullivan
Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue by Jack Gantos
My Hero: Military Kids Write About Their Moms and Dad by Allen Appel
The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key
Uncle Sam’s Kids When Duty Calls by Angela Sportelli-Rehak
High School-Age Books:
A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mazer
After the First Death by Robert Cormier
Finding My Way by Michelle Sherman
Megan Meade’s Guide to the McGowan Boys by Kate Brian
Military Kids Speak by Julie Rahm
My Story: Blogs by Four Military Teens by Michelle D. Sherman, Ph.D.
Operation: Home Front by Caroline B. Cooney
The Proving Ground by Elaine Alphin
Till Tomorrow by John Donahue
When the Lights Go Out by Max Elliot Anderson