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Uncle Sams Kids: When Duty Calls

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I would not encourage people to spend money on this book, but instead to borrow it from the library or someone who already owns it.
While the theme of separation from daddy is what I wanted, this book was pretty cheesy. The son gets a real name. "Nick" while the daughters are "Breezy" and "Lil M." The boy is shown on almost every page while we see the girls only a few times and often in profile or off to the side.
I also would have preferred a book that wasn't focused exclusively on the Navy.
My daughter kept asking where the little girl was in the book. I'm glad I have a few more months to locate books that better suit our specific needs.
I gave the kids the names of my daughter and her friends, and changed much of the wording while reading it out loud. Even for a children's book, the writing is mediocre at best.
I did like that the author showed the father saying goodbye to his children and giving them a way to stay connected with him. I also liked that she depicted the family working on a care package and making "Welcome Home" banners.
For Navy/Marine families with sons this would work well, but the rest of us will have to add some other books into the mix as we prepare our children for deployment.

The author did a terrific job offering helpful advice to reduce and deal with the many emotions that children and their parents are feeling when a deployment occurs. I could totally relate to the entire book and I highly recommend it to anyone getting ready to deploy. I also recommend her newest book Uncle Sam's Kids in Moving Again Mom. As a military family we move every three years and found this to be helpful.
I give it a two thumbs up!!

Uncle Sam's Books in When Duty Calls is a wonderful book for anyone who wants to use it as a tool to explain Daddy or Mommy being gone to serve.