Lily Hates Goodbyes - Softcover

Marler, Jerilyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936214504 ISBN 13: 9781936214501

Publisher: Quincy Companion Books, Imprint of Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2011

Synopsis

Lily Hates Goodbyes: a book for young military kids coping with a parent's deployment

Book website: jerilynmarler.com

YouTube video (4 min). Have tissues handy! youtube.com/watch?v=2H9BUCQSFzk 
Two versions available! Navy Version (daddy wears Navy uniform) and All Military Version (daddy wears generic BDUs).
March 2012: Lily Hates Goodbyes was named among the best in family-friendly media, products and services by the Mom's Choice Awards®!
Lily is a young military child. Sometimes she has to say goodbye to her Daddy for about a billion days. She feels a swirl of unhappy emotions that can be scary. And she aches to feel connected to her Daddy while he's on deployment. Join Lily as she learns how to cope with her emotions and to be happy in her daily life while she looks forward to joyfully saying hello when Daddy gets home.
This 32-page, full-color storybook will be a welcome companion to your military kid. Young readers are comforted by Lily's experience and reassured to see Lily's happy reunion with her Daddy.
One mom wrote that her daughter carries the book with her everywhere because she never knows when she's going to feel sad about her Daddy being away. Another mom said that Lily is such a big part of her children's lives that they talk about having "Lily moments." Lily can help your military children, too.

Melissa, mom to a two year old, wrote, "I can't tell you how much my daughter loves Lily Hates Goodbyes! We were already doing the sticker calendar but as soon as she heard Memories for Daddy box...well, we now have one! The difference you are making in our lives and others in the same situation is just not measurable. I truly believe that your book is going to help us survive this deployment."

About this title

From the Author:

I wrote this story for my (then) four-year-old granddaughter who was reeling from the pain of her Daddy's time away in the Navy. She was deep in denial about the scary feelings, yet her behavior clearly showed that she was in turmoil. She would run from the room instead of talk about feelings. So I wrote Lily Hates Goodbyes to give us a "third person" to talk about. Book Lily was mad. Book Lily was sad. Suddenly it wasn't so scary for Real Lily to talk about those feelings. She asked me to read the book to her over and over. She even wanted me to sing it to her.

The result is exactly what I hoped for: Lily's more at ease with her emotions, knows what she can do when she feels them, knows that it's safe to say whatever she feels, knows that her Mommy will be there steadfastly and lovingly by her side through it all, and that there is a joyful reunion coming with her Daddy.

I fervently hope that this book will help your child through the long, difficult separations, too.

From the Back Cover:

Lily's Daddy is in the military. Sometimes she has to say goodbye to him for about a billion days. She feels a swirl of unhappy emotions that can be scary. And she aches to feel connected to her Daddy.

Join Lily as she learns how to cope with her emotions and to be happy in her daily life while she looks forward to joyfully saying hello when Daddy gets home.

See the last page for the author's suggestions to help your child get the most value from this book!

About this edition

• Publisher: Quincy Companion Books, Imprint of Wyatt-MacKenzie
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1936214504
• ISBN 13: 9781936214501
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Stoltenberg Nathan