A Deployment Book for Kids Age Level: 4 - 8 years Grade Level: Pre-K-3
A Read-Together 32-page, Fully Illustrated Picture Book
Reading Level: H-L Lexile Measure: 500L - 600L DRA: 14-20
A heartwarming story of love, courage, and comfort during deployment for military families with the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.
In I'll Lend You My Daddy, young boys and girls find ways to manage their feelings about deployment (from goodbyes, to the first night, to missed birthdays) as they eagerly await their fathers' return. Through the support of family and friends, care packages, and calls, these children grow strong with the knowledge of what it means to serve, generating pride from within, that makes glorious reunions all the more sweet by book's end.
Written by Becky King, mother to a 7-year-old son named Benson when her husband was first deployed to Afghanistan. King hopes the book will give voice to the many children who experience what Benson experienced in a way that will resonate and help transform feelings of separation and sadness into feelings of love, courage, resilience, and pride.