Military families · Read a preview
Coming Home Takes Time
An illustrated children’s story for military and veteran families about reunion, big feelings, and learning each other again after homecoming. Read together, then explore the feelings worksheet.
Inside the preview: The welcome-home story opening, a family scene, and the My Feelings and the Story I Told Myself worksheet.
By Tad Steckler
Reader guide
- For
- Recommended ages 6–10
- How to use it
- Read with a parent or trusted grown-up
- This book
- Paperback · 36 pages
From the book to your conversation
Give a feeling a name. Make room for a question.
The My Feelings and the Story I Told Myself worksheet gives children space to name a feeling, separate what they know from what they imagined, and choose something to ask a grown-up. Use it to begin a conversation after the story.
See the feelings worksheet ↗Take a look inside.
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