My Daddy Is A Soldier

It can be hard for the kids of servicemen and women to understand why Daddy has to go away so often. It can be hard for the kids to know why they have to leave friends and start a new life in a new place. My Daddy is a Soldier lets young children know that Daddy has an important job: helping poor people around the world, capturing bad guys, and making the world a better and safer place to live. Through full color pictures and simple text, the book introduces kids to various aspects of a soldier's life: physical exercises, field training, long exercises away from home, and the need to relocate. It also tracks what the family does to support him: writing letters, baking cookies to send while he is away, and treating moves as an adventure in which new friends are to be made.

My Soldier Dad eloquently captures the essence of what it means to be a soldier, but also what it means to love a soldier. Told from a child's perspective, the story illustrates the grand scale of the military, the broad scope of various missions and operations, and the importance of a family's love and connectedness.

A child describes his daddy's job and what it is like to have a soldier for a father.

Enter the world of the U.S. Army with this title, which gives readers an up-close-and-personal look at what it’s like to have a family member in the military. Through the eyes of a child whose dad is in the U.S. Army, this text explores the army’s history, modern tools and technology, and career opportunities. With age-appropriate language, the text teaches readers about the joys and sacrifices that army members, and their families, make in order to protect our country. Detailed color photographs and fact boxes offer opportunities for additional learning.

My Daddy Is A Soldier is a story about believing in your heart that "YOU CAN DO IT!" and knowing that you will. In short, it is a story of courage. My Daddy Is A Soldier won a Bronze Medal for Best First Book in the 2008 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards.

Picture Book suitable for Early and Beginner Readers. (Ages 2-6) A little 4 year old girl loves her soldier Daddy, but misses him so much when he is away! She talks about all the special times she has with her Dad, and some of the predicaments she gets into will make your child laugh. A sweet, sad, happy and funny book that is perfect for bedtime, daytime or anytime. Your little one will love the 32 full brightly coloured illustrations. This book is perfect for any child that has suffered from any type of separation.

Written by Lieutenant Colonel Christopher MacGregor and based on his own experiences of going away from home, this comforting, wise book helps to explain why parents sometimes have to go away and shows ways to help children cope. My Daddy's Going Away is brilliantly realized, heartwarming story illustrated by rising star Emma Yarlett. With a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales and in support of Combat Stress.

Al Murray's (AKA The Pub Landlord) musing on his childhood where his fascination with history and all things war began. Have you ever watched a film with someone who, at the most dramatic scene, argues that the plane on screen hasn't been invented yet? Or that the tank rumbling towards the hero at the end of the film is the wrong tank altogether? Al Murray is that someone. Try as he might, he can’t help himself. Growing up in the 1970s, Al, with the help of his dad, became fascinated with the history of World War Two. They didn’t go to football; they went to battlefields. Because like so many of his generation whose childhood was all about Airfix, Action Man and Where Eagles Dare, he grew up in the cultural wake of the Second World War. Part memoir, part life obsession, this is Al Murray musing on what he knows best. And he’s sure to tell you things about history that you were never taught at school.

MY DADDY, A SOLDIER is a story about an expressive young child as she sees her father suddenly going off to WAR. Her experiences of how she calculates time completely explains the fathers' military and personal gear as he is packing for the long journey. How she processes his skills as a soldier through her thoughts at this tender young age expressing emotions, feelings, fears, and dreams reflecting on the past, present and future. Explaining how she engages in a father, daughter relationship through activities, memories, and pictures that prove to be a tremendous bonding for life even with the separation and until the fathers return.