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1) Night catch
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When a soldier's work takes him halfway around the world, he enlists the help of the North Star for a nightly game of catch with his son.
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In her first ever teaching job, Miss Loupe uses improvisational acting exercises with her sixth-grade students at an Air Force base school, and when she experiences a family tragedy, her previously skeptical class members use what they have learned to help her, her brother, and other wounded soldiers.
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Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
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Night catch: When a soldier's work takes him halfway around the world, he enlists the help of the North Star for a nightly game of catch with his son. On Earth: Learn about Earth's cycles of rotation and revolution, plus how they affect our lives through the days and seasons. Me on the map: A child describes how her room, her house, her town, her state, and her country become part of a map of her world. Space: A study of the scientific subject of...
5) Home again
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Mommies and daddies are coming home after military service. Different children react in different ways.
"This children's book is written to address the needs of families with young children who are experiencing the return of a parent who has been deployed with the military. Although these reunions can be exciting and joyful, they can also be stressful, both for the adults and for young children. Some children may have never met their returning father....