My Mommy Is a Guardsman (Hardcover, Turtleback School & Library ed.)

It's hard for the kids of National Guard families to understand why Mommy (or Daddy) has to go away on a mission for a long time. In simple text and pictures, My Mommy is a Guardsman lets kids know that Mommy (and Daddy) has an important job: helping poor people around the world, capturing bad guys, and making the world a safer place to live. My Mommy is a Guardsman and its companion title released in 2002, My Daddy is a Guardsman, builds on Kirk and Sharron Hilbrecht's success with their first title, My Daddy is a Soldier, now in its third printing.