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Veterans Day Books for Kids!

11/7/2020

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It's Veterans Day this week, & to celebrate & help our kids recognize the importance of the war veterans in our country, I have compiled a sweet, educational & endearing list of 8 picture books that can help teach our kids more about what a veteran is & why we honor them. 
Please enjoy these 12 books listed below & feel free to share any your family has loved too!  
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Veteran's Day & Patriotic Picture Books List: 
1. Veteran's Day for Grandpa 
by: Dee Smith  
(An engaging,formatted book to help children learn about veterans & how to celebrate them.) 

www.amazon.com/Veterans-Day-Grandpa-Children-celebrating/dp/1519153260/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1604791764&sr=1-2

2. Pepper's Purple Heart
by: Heather French Henry 
www.amazon.com/Peppers-Purple-Heart-Veterans-Story/dp/0970634102/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pepper%27s+purple+heart&qid=1604937924&s=books&sr=1-1

3. Hero Dad
by: Bryan Langdo 
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761457135?pf_rd_r=HGJ5WGY1GP29W8154H6E&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee&pd_rd_r=da2b0b1b-676f-43a5-a8cf-e13573df4af4&pd_rd_w=6NYlO&pd_rd_wg=4TUhy&ref_=pd_gw_unk

4. "H is for Honor"  (ABCs of the Military)
by: Devin Scillian
www.amazon.com/H-Honor-Military-Family-Alphabet/dp/1585362921/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1604937546&sr=1-1

5. The Poppy Lady
by: Barbara E. Walsh  & Layne Johnson  
(Monica Michael, a schoolteacher from Georgia, knew she had to act when some of her friends & family entered WWI; she decided to establish the red poppy just as a symbol to honor & remember the soldiers.) 
www.amazon.com/Poppy-Lady-Michael-Tribute-Veterans/dp/1590787544/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+poppy+day&qid=1604937708&s=books&sr=1-1

6. The Wall 
by: Eve Bunting 
(A boy & his dad go to visit the Vietnam War Veteran Memorial.) 

www.amazon.com/Wall-Reading-Rainbow-Books/dp/0395629772/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+wall&qid=1604937795&s=books&sr=1-1

7. Daddy's Boots

by: Sandra Miller Linhart 
www.thriftbooks.com/w/daddys-boots/9317693/#edition=14809426&idiq=41840610

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8. Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero  

by: Marissa Moss
(The story of Sarah Edmonds, who was a heroine during the Civil War.) 
www.thriftbooks.com/w/nurse-soldier-spy-the-story-of-sarah-edmonds-a-civil-war-hero_marissa-moss/628762/#edition=10220784&idiq=32161407


9. Don't Forget: God Bless Our Troops
by: Jill Biden & Raul Colon 
(Natalie is a girl who really misses her dad when he leaves to go to war; her mom & grandma help her do some things to feel closer to her dad, but there's no day like the day when her dad comes home.) 
www.amazon.com/Dont-Forget-God-Bless-Troops/dp/144245735X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZESC0D2RTA9L&dchild=1&keywords=don%27t+forget+god+bless+our+troops&qid=1604938587&s=books&sprefix=don%27t+forget+god+bles%2Cstripbooks%2C191&sr=1-1
10. Veterans Day (Rookie Read-Aloud series)

by: Jacqueline S. Cotton 
www.thriftbooks.com/w/veterans-day-rookie-read-about-holidays_jacqueline-s-cotton/1683087/#edition=4173097&idiq=474861


11. Veteran's Day 
by: Allan Morey & Mark Oblinger
www.amazon.com/Veterans-Day-Holidays-Rhythm-Rhyme/dp/1684102839/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=veteran%27s+day&qid=1604937628&s=books&sr=1-7  

12. The Impossible Patriotism Project 
by: Linda Skeers
(Caleb is trying to think of what patriotism means to him; his class is supposed to display a project for Parents' Night. Caleb starts to think of his dad & what he's doing to serve the country, & that's when inspiration comes!) 
www.amazon.com/Impossible-Patriotism-Project-Rise-Shine/dp/0142413917/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DRPVV6RVLVFG&dchild=1&keywords=the+impossible+patriotism+project&qid=1604938742&s=books&sprefix=the+impossible+patrotism+%2Cstripbooks%2C196&sr=1-1

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