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Goodbye, Hello: A Going Home Travel Adventure
In this bouncing picture book, an LGBTQ+ Navy family travels across the globe to reunite.
Say goodbye to Pop-pop and Gram! It’s time to leave for the airport with Mommy and baby sibling.
Strap and click.
Wheels go round.
Rumble, whoosh.
Goodbye, ground.
Travel across the globe, across busy highways and crowded airports, with strollers and toys, with a family to return home and reunite with Mama.
Featuring travel by car and plane across the world, this fast and fun picture book is a great introduction to the many different legs of international travel for the smallest members of the family.
A celebration of military families of all kinds, Goodbye, Hello is inspired by author Angela H. Dale’s experiences with her own Navy family. illustrator of NYT bestseller The World Needs More People , Daniel Wiseman's adorable, bright and engeric artwork captures the fun and chaos of big family trips.
Learn about Navy homecoming traditions in the back, along with a fun seek and find game! Can you spot the different modes of travel and all the different workers that make it possible?
Say goodbye to Pop-pop and Gram! It’s time to leave for the airport with Mommy and baby sibling.
Strap and click.
Wheels go round.
Rumble, whoosh.
Goodbye, ground.
Travel across the globe, across busy highways and crowded airports, with strollers and toys, with a family to return home and reunite with Mama.
Featuring travel by car and plane across the world, this fast and fun picture book is a great introduction to the many different legs of international travel for the smallest members of the family.
A celebration of military families of all kinds, Goodbye, Hello is inspired by author Angela H. Dale’s experiences with her own Navy family. illustrator of NYT bestseller The World Needs More People , Daniel Wiseman's adorable, bright and engeric artwork captures the fun and chaos of big family trips.
Learn about Navy homecoming traditions in the back, along with a fun seek and find game! Can you spot the different modes of travel and all the different workers that make it possible?
40 pages, Hardcover
Published November 5, 2024
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December 2, 2024
A great book that various ways that people travel and what happens during those travels I enjoyed the art but I definitely struggled with the writing at some points because it felt inconsistent.
November 16, 2024
I loved this book, because I’ve never seen a book about traveling on an airport as a kid before.
October 6, 2024
In this touching, multi-layered, deceptively simple picture book, concise rhymes tell the story of a mother and two children travelling on a very long trip from what appears to be New York City. For most of the story, it isn’t clear where the family is headed or why (although if you’re paying attention, the cover image and subtitle do tip it off!), but instead the reader simply enjoys following along with the many steps they take on their journey: from a taxi ride to airport security, to walking through the airport, to riding the tram to the gate, to take off, etc. On its face, it is a story about overnight air travel and to that end it definitely is a great way for parents to introduce the experience to a child who has never done it before or who is nervous before a long flight. But this book offers so much more, because in the end (spoiler alert!) we find out that the family isn’t going on vacation, but instead is headed home to Japan to reconnect with their spouse/other mother, who has been serving in the Navy on a ship for presumably many months. It is, in fact, a tender love letter to separated military families everywhere. The Author’s Note gives more insight and explanation about her own experience and the inspiration for writing this book. So well done. Highly recommend!
October 27, 2024
Colorful Photoshop artwork set against plentiful white space and rhyming lines make this charming and inclusive picture book child-friendly. While it's not necessarily clear if this family is being reunited briefly for or after a vacation or if it's a permanent move--well, as permanent as possible when a parent is in the Navy--it's clear that the journey is long and arduous. Leaving the destination mysterious at first gently builds tension. The illustrations depict many of the steps in flying, including checking in and being scanned or having carry-ons scanned, and a long night flight. Once the little family arrives in Japan, it becomes clearer what's been going on. If readers are still uncertain, those lines of "Goodbye, goodbyes, / Hello, hugs" (unpaged) on the final page and the smiling family of four, including two women, one in a sailor suit, will definitely end any confusion. With so many military families moving all across the globe, this picture book might help ease some of their anxiety and uncertainty about when all family members will be reunited.
October 30, 2024
I received an ARC of this book for my honest opinion.
Excuse me a minute while I wipe my eyes. This sweet book is not only about the hardship of traveling with little kids but also about some of the challenges that military families sometimes go through when their family is coming back from deployment. Saying goodbye (and even hello after such a long time) can be just as tiring as the long journey to see their family again. I love how this book keeps the positive going though with the jumpy, short text and smiles on the faces around our little family, even as said family begins to feel weary at the end of their long trip. Lastly, I love that this is not only a POC book but also LGBTQ+, the latter of which I have not yet seen depicted in military family books. A great book to help littles through those “hellos and goodbyes” and give some insight in the hardship of military family life.
Excuse me a minute while I wipe my eyes. This sweet book is not only about the hardship of traveling with little kids but also about some of the challenges that military families sometimes go through when their family is coming back from deployment. Saying goodbye (and even hello after such a long time) can be just as tiring as the long journey to see their family again. I love how this book keeps the positive going though with the jumpy, short text and smiles on the faces around our little family, even as said family begins to feel weary at the end of their long trip. Lastly, I love that this is not only a POC book but also LGBTQ+, the latter of which I have not yet seen depicted in military family books. A great book to help littles through those “hellos and goodbyes” and give some insight in the hardship of military family life.
September 7, 2024
A fun read aloud with good pacing and action-packed and concise rhyming text. This book is great for anyone with kids who are about to go on a trip--it shows what a journey can entail and the people and things they'll see and experience along the way. It also highlights an important part of military families' worlds. I love that the story and illustrations showcase our diverse world.
November 29, 2024
This book tenderly touches on the extra mile military families experience when they must travel with their loved one who is posted on assignment. It speaks to the resilience they build. The rhyme works perfectly to invite readers into the journey and the author's personal note at the end of the book is thought provoking, emotional, and insightful. Highly recommend this book!
December 4, 2024
I loved this bouncy, joyful rhyming story about a family on their way to greet a military parent who has been away at sea. The author’s note gives more information about the special moments that families experience when they are reunited. As a kid whose father was deployed to war, I have fond memories of my family’s own reuniting. This book really struck a chord with me and even made me cry.
November 11, 2024
I've have traveled with my kids--starting when they were six months old, with one in hand and two in tow. This book captures the adventure of it beautifully. The words are lyrical and the illustrations unending, so much many sounds and sight captured. We love Goodbye, Hello, will probably become one of our favorites.
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