My Daddy Is a Hero My Daddy Is a Hero
Grace learns about her father Mike Verardo a U S Army veteran who served after 9 11 in New York Arlington and Shanksville. He suffered IED injuries in Afghanistan in 2010 losing a leg and arm and later married Grace's mother and started a family.
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Mike Verardo
Grace
U.S. Army
New York City
Arlington
Virginia
Shanksville
Pennsylvania
Afghanistan
82Nd Airborne Division
Mike
Hero at Home helps Grace accept her veteran dad
Grace learns to see beyond her dad's prosthetic leg and paralysis as her mother writes Hero at Home to teach children about wounded veterans. The book emphasizes heart over body, resilience through hospital stays and future surgeries, and family support.
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Grace
U.S. Armed Services
Sarah
Sarah Verardo
Mike
Dad
Veterans Day tribute book aids Independence Fund
Sarah Verardo recalls Mike wearing the Army uniform with pride and serving to protect freedoms. The book Hero at Home, for children of disabled veterans, supports veterans and caregivers, with proceeds benefiting The Independence Fund and its mobility aids programs. illustrated by Inna Eckman.
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Sarah Verardo
Mike
U.S. Army
Sarah
Independence Fund
Inna Eckman
Reading roundup on independencefund.org and library events
Tay recaps independencefund.org and bit.ly MPcomfort as web resources. The library hosts "Helping My Hero!" by Sherry Barron and "When Daddy Comes Home" about PTSD by Maggie Hundshamer, framing community reading events.
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Independencefund.org
Sherry Barron
Daddy
Maggie Hundshamer
Earth
Animals That Can Open Locks
Tillie says turkeys donkeys and monkeys can open locks as a playful exchange with Tommy.
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Tommy
Tillie
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Mini
Mini Spy
Basset Brown
Carrot
Seahorse
Mushroom
HERO
Tay
Eco Note
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Andrews McMeel Universal
Walnut
Kansas City
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