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Cruising the World: A Handbook for Navy Children

by Tammy Stephens, illustrated by Ron Gardner

158 pages; Black coil; catalogue #05-2104; ISBN 1-4120-7209-3; US$19.95, C$22.94, EUR16.39, £11.47

Cruising the World is a fun and exciting book full of hands-on activities (time tracking activities, maps, recipes, coloring sheets, and games) which help children through deployments.

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Deployments have the biggest impact on the children of sailors, and yet, until now there have been no books published to assist children through these trying times. The basic premise of Cruising the World: A Handbook for Navy Children is to provide military children with a fun, interactive, resource book, which will assist in their understanding of the deployment process. Chapter 1 of this practical handbook presents 11 activities to be used with children as fun ways of keeping track of separation periods while parents are on deployments. The remaining chapters include engaging activities about the countries in which deployed personnel will visit during various deployments. The chapters are broken into Mediterranean, Westpac, Northern Europe, and Persian Gulf Cruises. Each chapter includes a map of each country, a coloring picture of each country's flag, and a picture of a child from each country dressed in the country's clothing, ready to be colored. In addition, each chapter consists of a craft and/or a game, or a recipe representing each country; these crafts, games and recipes are fun and easy ways to teach children about the countries their parent(s) visit during deployment. Cruising the World: A Handbook for Navy Children would be a great gift for children of service personnel. The activities presented in this book are great ways to keep children educated and involved in their parents' experiences while the parent(s) is defending our country thousands of miles away.

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About the Author

Tammy L. Stephens, M.Ed., is an Educational Diagnostician working in Keller, Texas. Tammy has several years of experience working as a special education teacher with students displaying emotional, behavioral, and learning problems. She has been married to a United States Naval Officer for 14 years and has a 13-year-old daughter, Meghan. Mrs. Stephens has experienced several six month deployments with her daughter. Tammy earned a B.S. in Human Services Counseling at Old Dominion University; M.Ed. at the University of New Orleans and is currently attending Texas Woman*s University where she is working on a doctorate in Special Education. Tammy is also the co-author of an educational book entitled, *Tactics for Boosting Academic Achievement,* which is in the publishing stages through Sopris West Publishing.

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