Goodbye, Hello: A Going Home Travel Adventure

In this bouncing picture book, an LGBTQ+ Navy family travels across the globe to reunite.

Say goodbye to Pop-pop and Gram! It’s time to leave for the airport with Mommy and baby sibling.

Strap and click.
Wheels go round.
Rumble, whoosh.
Goodbye, ground.

Travel across the globe, across busy highways and crowded airports, with strollers and toys, with a family to return home and reunite with Mama. 

Featuring travel by car and plane across the world, this fast and fun picture book is a great introduction to the many different legs of international travel for the smallest members of the family. 

A celebration of military families of all kinds, Goodbye, Hello is inspired by author Angela H. Dale’s experiences with her own Navy family. illustrator of NYT bestseller The World Needs More People, Daniel Wiseman's adorable, bright and engeric artwork captures the fun and chaos of big family trips.

Learn about Navy homecoming traditions in the back, along with a fun seek and find game! Can you spot the different modes of travel and all the different workers that make it possible?

A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Named to the ALA Rainbow Book List

Angela H. Dale writes picture books for children, former children and children at heart, including her debut picture book Bus Stop, illustrated by Lala Watkins. Angela worked for a literary agent in Washington, DC, and a book publisher in New York before moving around the world with her family when her husband was in the Navy. Some of the places Angela has lived include Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Florida and Japan, and she has lots of stories she hopes to tell from those times. She lives in Maryland with her family and Harry the cat.

Daniel Wiseman makes books for kids. He has illustrated Don’t Hug Doug by Carrie Finison, My Brother the Duck by Pat Zietlow Miller, The World Needs More Purple People by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart, and many more. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee with his brilliant wife, two rambunctious sons, one teeny tiny daughter, and a shaggy dog. If he’s not perched in his studio drawing, you can find him hiking, hanging at the lake, cooking for his family, or trying to nap.