My Daddy Is A Soldier

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

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.

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.

My Daddy Is A Soldier, is a multi-cultural book for every military child. Every child likes to imagine that their father is super extraordinary, and capable of anything. This book reinforces that idea. Complete with colorful illustrations and an adventurous and easy to read narrative.

A lyrical, moving story about a family's experience at home during their dad's time away at war. For one young boy and his family at home, the days pass slowly. That's because when your daddy's a soldier and he's away at war, you can't wait for him to come home so you can be together again. This poignant and impactful story, inspired by the author's lived experiences, captures the essence of the daily heartache, fear, joy, and uncertainty that a child whose parent has gone off to war must live with.

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.