ATTENTION PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES: WCPS will be holding an in-person Job Fair on March 18 and a Virtual Job Fair on March 29. Click on Job Fairs Link to learn more and/or to register for the March 29 event.
 
ATTENTION NEW, CURRENT, & PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES: New salary schedules with higher paying and/or more competitive salaries have been approved by the Wayne County Board of Education for all classified employees. Click on Salary Schedules Link to learn more!

Book Resources

Below is a sampling of books related to issues many military children face. Titles may be found locally; some are available at school libraries and some at Wayne County Public Library. As well, SJAFB Library holds many valuable resources and events for military families. You may view the online catalogs:


 DEPLOYMENT-RELATED
 Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson - 2.9 AR level
 Daddy’s in Iraq, but I Want Him Back by Carmen Hoyt
 Daddy’s in the Sand by Addie House
 I miss you, Father Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik - 2.6 AR level
 Love, Lizzie: Letters to a Military Mom by Lisa Tucker McElroy
 My Dad is Going Away, But He Will Be Back One Day: A Deployment Story by James & Melanie Thomas
 My Red Balloon by Eve Bunting - 2.6 AR level
 Night Catch by Brenda Ehrmantraut
 Pilot Mom by Kathleen Benner Duble - 3.2 AR level
 Red, White, and Blue Good-bye by Sarah Wones Tomp
 When Dad’s at Sea by Mindy L. Pelton
 While You are Away by Eileen Spinelli
 A Yellow Ribbon for Daddy by Veritas Media 

MOVING/PCS
Alexander, who’s not (do you hear me? I mean it!) going to move by Judith Viorst - 3.5 AR level
The Berenstain Bears’ moving day by Stan Berenstain - 3.7 AR level
Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber
Mitchell is Moving by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat - 2.8 AR level
Moving Again Mom by Angela Sportelli-Rehak
A Smooth Move by Berniece Rabe
Sue Lee’s new neighborhood: adjusting to a new home by Lawrence Balter 
FEELINGS/EMOTIONS
Double-dip feelings: stories to help children understand emotion by Barbara S. Cain
Happy, sad, silly, mad: a beginning book about emotions by Barbara Shook Hazen
How do I feel? by Norma Simon

LOSS/GRIEF
Saying goodbye to a friend by Jean Coppendale

FAMILY CHANGES/TRANSITIONS
Arthur’s baby by Marc Tolon Brown
A New Baby by Terry Berger

PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS/HOLIDAYS
Veterans Day by Mar Schuh - 3.2 AR level
Veterans Day by Mir Tamim Ansary - 2.8 AR level
What is Veterans Day? By Margot Parker

NOVELS RELATING TO MILITARY LIFE
The Honor Was Mine by Elizabeth Heaney 
100 days and 99 nights by Alan Madison - 6.3 AR level
Almost Forever by Maria Testa
Meet Molly: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp - 4.2 AR level
My Secret War by Mary Pope Osborne - 5.5 AR level
Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn
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