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Mom Sets Sail for the Navy is a tender, hope-filled picture book for military families and anyone loving someone from far away. When Mom deploys with the Navy, her daughter Thalassa discovers that love can cross any ocean. From porch goodbyes and video calls, letters, seaside walks, and starry wishes, their days fill with small rituals that keep hearts close until the joyful harbor reunion. Told in warm, simple language and brought to life with this story gently shows children how connection, routines, and courage can light the way through time apart. Perfect for ages 3-8, this read-aloud supports families navigating deployment, work travel, or any separation. Caregivers, teachers, and counselors will find it a calming tool for easing separation anxiety, naming feelings, and modeling resilience. With big, readable shapes, soft palettes, it's ideal for bedtime snuggles, circle time, and beginning readers. This book helps children: Understand that a parent's love is steady-even when a job takes them far from home. Build comforting routines (letters, care packages, ""goodnight"" rituals). Practice naming emotions-lonely, proud, brave-and see them reflected with empathy. Reframe separation as a season with a beginning, a middle, and a reunion. Inside you'll find: 30+ full-color spreads in a friendly pixel-art picture-book style that kids adore. Two consistent characters-Mom (in US Navy dress whites) and Thalassa (a bright, curious child)-drawn on-model throughout for strong recognition and security. Gentle scenes: the big ship, the first video call, anchor-shaped cookies, a pillow-fort ""ship,"" and the long-awaited hug on the pier. Who it's for: military and Navy families, dual-household families, parents who travel for work, grandparents, teachers, school counselors, librarians, and therapists seeking a developmentally appropriate story about connection across distance. Use it to: start conversations before a deployment, create daily rituals, prepare for goodbyes, comfort on hard days, and celebrate homecomings. Keywords woven naturally for discoverability: military family picture book, Navy mom book, deployment children's book, separation anxiety book for kids, reunion book for kids, bedtime read aloud, social-emotional learning, feelings book for preschool and kindergarten. If you're searching for a soothing, uplifting story that tells a child ""love is bigger than the sea,"" Mom & Thalassa will become a cherished companion-one you'll return to from the first goodbye to the bright, welcome home sign.

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