Reach Out and Read's Military Initiative currently serves 90,000 children, including more than 25% of all children of U.S. military families.

While those children receive many of the same books as all other children served by Reach Out and Read, our providers have developed a list of some of the best books specifically for military families. These books have military themes, or help children and families to cope with the stress of separation and deployment.

Learn more about Reach Out and Read's Military Initiative.

• Home Again by Dorinda Silver Williams
  Deals with issues surrounding how children react and deal with a parent returning from a deployment.
• Over There by Dorinda Silver Williams
  Relates the day-to-day experiences of a parent's deployment to what a child experiences at home and focuses on the similarities (brushing your teeth, reading, looking at the moon, sleeping, etc.).

• While You Were Away by Eileen Spinelli
  Three children anticipate happy reunions with their parents, who are on active military duty abroad.

• Courage by Bernard Waber
• What Mommies/Daddies Do Best by Laura Numeroff
• I Love My Family (Look at Me) by Alison Morris
• Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag by John Herman
• Daddy Loves Me: Dalmatian Press (Board Book)
• Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
• The Flag We Love by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• U.S. Navy Alphabet Book by Sammie Garnett
• The Airplane Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
• The Jet Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
• This is America: The American Spirit in Places and People by Donald Robb
• My Big Brother by Miriam Cohen
• Families by Rena D. Grossman