Kids Celebrating National Veterans and Military Families Month!

Updated October 24, 2025
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I'll pass for your comrade women soldiers in the Civil War
Silvey, Anita.
Paper Book
The Civil War has been studied, written about, even sun about for generations. Most people know that it was a conflict between North and South, Unionists and rebels, blue and gray. We recognize the names of Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee. Many people know about Clara Barton,...
Night of soldiers and spies
Messner, Kate
Paper Book
Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, travels to Colonial America to help the patriot cause!Ranger's next mission finds him in the middle of the Revolutionary War. There he meets Isaac Pope, a fisherman turned soldier for the Continental Army. When General...
Warriors a nonfiction companion to Magic tree house #31: Warriors in Winter
Osborne, Mary Pope
Paper Book
Track the facts about warriors, weapons, and battles throughout history in this nonfiction companion to the #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #31- Warriors in Winter, they had lots of questions....
Choosing courage inspiring stories of what it means to be a hero
Collier, Peter
Paper Book
What turns an ordinary person into a hero? What happens in the blink of an eye on a battlefield (or in any dangerous situation) to bring out true courage? The men and women who have been recognized by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation know the answers to these questions deep in their...
Finding Winnie the true story of the world's most famous bear
Mattick, Lindsay
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the Caldecott Medal about the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He...
Twenty-one steps guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Gottesfeld, Jeff
Paper Book
With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America's fallen. Discover their story, and that of the unknown soldiers they honor, through resonant words and illustrations. Keeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards,...
Craig & Fred a Marine, a stray dog, and how they rescued each other
Grossi, Craig
Paper Book
A heartwarming story of a stray dog and a U.S. Marine who met under the unlikeliest circumstances in Afghanistan--and who changed each other's lives forever. As part of an elite team of Marines, Craig Grossi was sent on his most dangerous assignment to the Sangin District of Afghanistan....
The Saturday boy
Fleming, David, 1971-
Paper Book
If there's one thing I've learned from comic books, it's that everybody has a weakness--something that can totally ruin their day without fail. For the wolfman it's a silver bullet. For Superman it's Kryptonite. For me it was a letter. With one letter, my dad was...
Birdie's bargain
Paterson, Katherine
Paper Book
In a poignant and unflinching new realistic novel from the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia, a ten-year-old girl makes a deal with God for her father's safe return from the Iraq War. Birdie has questions for God. For starters, why couldn't God roll...

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