Books like Lily Hates Goodbyes: Navy Version
By Jerilyn Marler
For the military kid counting down days on a calendar, Lily gives their scary, swirly feelings a name and a friend who feels them too. Tender, reassuring, and honest about hard feelings, with a hopeful reunion waiting at the end.
A young military child must say goodbye to her deployed Daddy for what feels like a billion days, and has to find ways to feel connected to him and cope with her scary swirl of feelings until he comes home.
Across generations, the women in one family pass down the art of quilting — from a seven-year-old girl sold away from her parents who sewed secret maps to freedom, to daughters who carried her knowledge through segregation and into the fight for literacy.
A father and son are caught together in a storm and must find their way through the uncertainty, learning to name and share what they're feeling along the way.
A young beaver named Buckley carves small wooden boats and sends them out to sea, each one carrying a note to the father he's lost.
During World War II, a young girl stays behind with her grandma when her mama leaves for Chicago to fill a wartime job, and the two wait together through winter for word that Mama is coming home.
On a Navajo family's sheep ranch, everyone from Baby's mom to big sister to grandfather tries silly tricks to earn a special honor: being the one who makes Baby laugh first.
A young girl is separated from her mother at the last moment and must sail to America alone, only to discover the address for her family in New York has smudged into illegible ink.
A young Armenian boy leaves behind his home and everyone he has known to search for refuge, carrying his story until he finally finds the courage to share it.
A little boy named Dave loses his beloved stuffed dog, Dogger, and is heartbroken — until Dogger turns up at the school summer fair, with someone else buying him first.
A little girl always sits between Mama and Mommy at the table — but when Mommy leaves on a work trip, she has to figure out a new place to sit and a new way to carry how much she misses her.
A board book introduction to Lunar New Year, following the sights and traditions that fill the celebration — lanterns lit, fireworks set off, dragons dancing, and family gathered close.
A bear family decides their old home is too small, so Mama, Papa, and Brother Bear pack up their belongings, say goodbye to friends, and move to a new tree house.
