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H Is for Honor: A Millitary Family Alphabet (Alphabet Books)

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This book has amazing full-page illustrations on every page for every letter of the alphabet. Each letter of the alphabet has a little poem to explain various military terms. Then, the sidebar for each letter contains additional information. For example the letter "A" page: the main text reads,

"Give me an A for Army, and an A for Air Force, too.
An A for all the Armed Services behind the red, white, and blue.
They stand at attention, tall and proud, all impeccably dressed.
An A for the American Armed Forces, an A for the world's very best."

The sidebar begins:
"The Armed Services of the United States protect our nation, its people, and its ideals. There are five branches that make up the United States military.

The U.S. Army is the main ground force for the United States. It's the largest and oldest branch of the service, founded in 1775...."

There are 4 more paragraphs on the other branches of the military for the letter A.

I highly recommend this book! My boys love it! (and I do, too!)

I love the rhymes. I have bought one of these alphabet books for each state in which we have been stationed but this is the book I treasure. It obviously is written by someone who's been there.

Awesome alphapbet book honoring the military!H Is for Honor: A Millitary Family Alphabet (Alphabet Books)

H is for Hurray! A book for young and old alike explaining what it's like to be a military family. I wish I'd had this when my kids were little. So glad that the youth of today have this amaing book. The center of attention is words for the young ones that rhyme. On the sides are more information for the older children and adults. It is my sincere hope that if you know someone who is a military family that you share this book with them. Maybe it wouldn't hurt for non-military families to read it too. You might get a better sense of what military families have to go through.

I purchased this book for my step-son who is turning 6 this month. His father is in the military and is currently deployed for a year. I couldn't have asked for a better book to send him. It is a large sized book with full color illustrations and AMAZING writing. Each letter represents an aspect of military life, and there are columns along the side that details what each aspect is really about. For example " Rise and Shine for the letter R, early every day. R is the sound of "Reveille, heard from miles away", on the side column on this page it talks about why the horn was used as communication for soldiers and goes on to talk about the tune Reveille, what it means, and why it is used. It talks about other tunes used throughout the day and why.

Readers are given inside information on all aspects of the military. Any child of the military can relate to everything presented in this fantastic book. Having a family member in the military is something to be proud of and this book shows all the reasons why. I was so impressed with this book, I bought another copy for myself! I will most certainly be picking up Devin Scillian's other books!

I love this book! My husband is a vet now..We read this to our son and he loves it! Its a must have for any military family!

I also have the Navy Alphabet book and this one was a great addition to that one since it has all different branches of the military in it.

As an Army wife and daughter, I was very impressed with this book. We have other military books for children and even other ABC military books. This one is different because it has the cute words explained in rhyme for each letter, but it also has a bit more historical information. This book touches your heart with sweet explanations, but it also teaches you a few things as well. I liked it so much that I bought it for all of my military friends and their children!

I recently came across this book and I LOVE it! I'm a military brat and just wish they had had a book like this when I was growing up. I haven't been a dependent for many years, but reading the book brought back many memories. This book is a great tool for children to learn a bit more about the military in a fun way. I plan on gifting this book to any military families I know with kids.

I love this book! Great for any branch of military service, it does a very good job portraying the military life style. The drawings are well done, and fairly accurate. It's hard to find illustrations that properly portray military themes and pay attention to the details. Attention to detail is important to any service member and this book pays attention to the details. In one illustration, paratroopers are lined up for an airborne operations, getting ready to board an aircraft== I've stood in a similar position many times before and I can almost feel the weight of the parachute and heat coming off the tarmac when I look at this picture! I can't read this to my little girl and explain what mommy and daddy do.

I have given this book at least 6 times to fellow military families for births of new military "brats" and have several more on order. It's received rave reviews from everyone.

The main space on the page contains an illustration and brief explanation for each letter, perfect for the younger kids. The edges of the pages have more details on that letter's subject making this a book that will grow with the child and I would imagine provide some learning material for adults as well.

I purchased another book in this series and found it much less detailed than this one. My only complaint with this book is the letter X which protrays a service member in the Exchange in just a T-shirt, without her DCU (Desert Camoflage Uniform) top on. This service member is out of uniform. (again, a small detail that only a service member or military family member would notice)

HIGHLY recommend! I just wish they had a board book version for the little ones to enjoy