When she was very young, Irene Kacandes knew things about her father that had no plot, no narrator, and no audience. To her childhood self these things resembled beings who resided with her family, li
Ellie’s room has monsters! How can she get those pesky creatures to leave? Daddy packs them up in his duffle bag and carries them off to war. Now, she sleeps peacefully monster-free. See what happens
382 days…that’s how long Jewel’s dad has been serving overseas in the war. She loves her dad dearly and has counted the days until his homecoming. But, the dad that came back from the war is not the s
Looking out a second-story window of her family's quarters at the Pearl Harbor naval base on December 7, 1941, eleven-year-old Jackie Smith could see not only the Rising Sun insignias on the wings of
Two year old Kiley struggles to understand her Daddy's deployment and what a "long, long time" means. Kiley deals with saying goodbye to her Daddy and a heartwarming reunion. This book helps young chi
The Cold War was a turbulent time to grow up in: family ties were tested, friendships were torn apart, and new beliefs forged out of the ruins of old loyalties. In this book, through 12 evocative stor
World War II was coming to a close in Europe and Richard Haney was only four years old when the telegram arrived at his family's home in Janesville, Wisconsin. That moment, when Haney learned of his f
On Sunday, December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and so the United States entered the Second World War. American men from all walks of life rushed to enlist, and not all of them were you
Lt. (jg) Roscoe S. Yegerlehner was a new arrival in Nouméa, New Caledonia, where he was a member of the Navy’s advanced base unit CUB-13. As a doctor, he was tasked with setting up a new base hospita
Lewis Grizzard always made us laugh. But in My Daddy Was a Pistol and I'm a Son of a Gun, when he told all about his father a certified war hero and a shameless passer of bad checks; a charmer of men
Luke's toughest fight yet is for his familyIn the Special Forces, Luke Brown trained for the harshest of war situations; pity there's no training for being a husband and father. After two years away,
Compelling and moving real-life accounts of the impact on family life of the return of the troops at the end of the Second World War.Summer 1945. Britain was in jubilant mood. At last, the war was ove
Lubna's best friend is a pebble. She found it on the beach when they arrived in the night, then she fell asleep in Daddy's salty arms. Lubna tells Pebble everything. About home. About the war. Pebble
Born of a Mohawk father and an escaped-slave mother, John `Daddy' Hall was a product of not one but two oppressed peoples. His gripping story is the stuff of legends-of the War of 1812, of the harsh r
