Ragtops and Flip Flops - by Brent Burns

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MWSA Review

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1 Stuff Like That 2:21            
2 Double Wide In The Sky 2:09            
3 Weenies And Bikinis 2:45            
4 I Married My Stalker 2:34            
5 Sand Is Getting Heavy In My Shoes 2:48            
6 Nuke 'Em (A Nuke From The Duke) 2:19            
7 Drunk Tourist 3:13            
8 Time Wounds All Heels 2:47            
9 Pain At The Pump 2:08            
10 I'm Not Gay 2:33            
11 Listen to Damn Good Dance on Web Player    2:33            
12 Build Them A House (A Tribute To Habitat for Humanity) 3:38            
13 No Cane, No Pain (A Tribute to Dr. William Long) 3:38    

My Dad's a Hero - by Rebecca Christiansen and Jewel Armstrong

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MWSA Review

MWSA 2007 Don Hanson Award for Creativity

Great New Military Story Book for Young Children. If you are or have a military dad who is serving overseas then the book “ My Dad’s A Hero” is a perfect gift for his children. It will help you with your young children in understanding where daddy is and what he is doing. It is an uplifting little book with wonderful illustrations by Jen O. Robertson and a nifty little story line by Rebecca Christiansen and Jewel Armstrong. 

I would think that even the youngest child could get something out of this book if read to them as they looked at the pictures on each page. 2nd to 6th grade students could read this book but all children will enjoy looking through it. The message is positive and comforting to small children. 

I highly recommend this book for military families. It is a good little book and will be read over and over by small kids. 

Reviewed by: Bill McDonald (2006)

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Author's Synopsis
A children s book with war as a backdrop is not an easy subject to pull off. But the creators of Is Your Dad a Hero have found just the right approach. The reader they address is any child whose father is serving in the military, far away from home. These are children who miss their dads, worry about them, and have lots of conflicting emotions and unanswered questions. The authors know this is a tender subject for young readers and have kept the book uplifting and free from scary words like guns, war and fighting. The book gives kids permission to be happy and proud of their military dad.

Band of Sisters by Kirsten Holmstedt

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MWSA Review

A Future Military Classic – Destined for the greatness! The non-fiction book “Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq” is truly an amazing chronicle that finally gives us access to a more complete history of the Iraq War. Gripping testimonies from our women warriors. This powerful account of women on the battlefield gives us a different understanding of what comradeship is all about! This could very well be about your sister, wife, mother, daughter or your girlfriend. She is out there risking her life and soul as part of our new military force. A must read by all Americans!

“What price freedom?” The experiences of these women give us a totally different and profound look at that question. This book is destined to become a military classic! There is power in these stories that must be shared. The Military Writer’s Society of America gives this book its highest book rating of FIVE STARS and its recommendation as a must read book!

War has no gender and neither does courage or death. This book explores the role of women warriors on the battlefields in Iraq. It also explores the meaning of what comradeship is all about. It is an amazing tale of sisters, mothers, daughters and women of all backgrounds who risked life and soul to fight alongside their brothers. A must read!

Bombs and bullets are equal opportunity killers—it makes no distinction to what gender the warrior is. Our military women in Iraq chronicle a story that needed to be told. Our nation needs to listen and acknowledge what they have done and continue doing. They are a sisterhood of warriors like no nation has ever known the likes of! It is a tale of terror, courage, fear, loyalty, and survival. A must read book by all Americans!

Reviewed by: Bill McDonald (2006)

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Author's Synopsis

In Iraq, the front lines are everywhere . . . and everywhere in Iraq, no matter what their job descriptions say, women in the U.S. military are fighting--more than 155,000 of them. A critical and commercial success in hardcover, Band of Sisters presents a dozen groundbreaking and often heart-wrenching stories of American women in combat in Iraq, such as the U.S.s first female pilot to be shot down and survive, the military's first black female pilot in combat, a young turret gunner defending convoys, and a nurse struggling to save lives, including her own.