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MWSA Review
Sometimes Apart Always in My Heart is a well-illustrated and written children's picture book. Tish Rabe, the author, has written this book in the manner of a parent talking to a child back home while the parent is deployed away from the family. The book reassures the child that he/she is remembered and loved. Credit is also due to Gill Guile, the illustrator, for the outstanding illustrations throughout the book.
This is a short, easy read with pictures that will help keep a young child's interest. At the back of the book, the author lists suggestions for activities that will help the family whose parent is deployed as well as suggestions for non-military families to support military kids and families.
Review by Bob Doerr (June 2025)
Author's Synopsis
Sometimes Apart Always in My Heart- helping military families find love from far away was written by bestselling children's author Tish Rabe in partnership with United Through Reading, a nonprofit that helps service members around the world videotape themselves reading to their children then sends each child a copy of the book. The story follows the Bear Family, that is waiting at home while Daddy Bear is away on a military assignment. Everyone in the family is counting the days until Daddy comes safely home.
Format(s) for review: Paper Only
Review Genre: Children & Young Adult—Picture Book
Number of Pages: 24
Word Count: 970 words