My Hero: Military Kids Write About Their Moms and Dads

By Mike Rothmiller

Book Overview

Working through the Armed Services YMCA, Alan Appel and Mike Rothmiller have collected more than 100 essays from children whose parents are serving or have served in the military. The children's heartfelt, moving, sometimes funny, and completely honest observations about their moms and dads truly capture the emotional connection between parent and child. It is a connection that cannot be severed even when a parent is thousands of miles away, gone for long stretches of time, and in danger.Inspiring, heartbreaking, and genuine, this book provides a fascinating look inside the hearts and minds of kids who love and honor their moms and dads as heroes - at home or on the battlefield.Allen Appel is the author of five novels and the successful series, "Thanks Mom" and "Thanks Dad. " Mike Rothmiller is the author of the bestselling non-fiction book, "L.A. Secret Police."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312373465
• ISBN13: 9780312373467
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

A gift for my son

The notes and drawings in this book, written and drawn by the children of my military comrades, truly touched me. My son is back home and I miss him dearly. I read each page fighting back tears. I only sat the book down to blow my nose. Once you start reading, you have to finish the entire book. It is that gripping! The joyful comments are evenly distributed between the writings of the children of fallen heroes, who live on in their hearts and memories of their children. This book is a must have for servicemen, servicewomen, and the children of our heroes!

AMAZING!!!

We are watching child whose mother is deployed to Iraq. We ordered this book and included our own stories throughout the book for her to enjoy. We all cried putting it together and she cried reading it. It is the perfect gift for your soldier.

This is the real deal

I read this book and cried my eyes out because as a dual military family (both husband and I are serving) we have heard our children say and write alot of these things. This book is a tear jerker, but certainly worth every tear.

Words & Pictures from our American Military Kids

As I read this book, I began to understand the simple, incredible words from kids whose parents are in the military. Each has their own individual portrait of how they feel and how they honor 'their hero' that serves our country. Those bonds of love stretch hundreds of miles. Their limited time spent together is truly embedded to carry them through this most difficult time. This book profoundly expresses the honor these children feel.