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Bringing Military Families Together Book by Book

Tell us your favorite children’s story below and we’ll donate a book to United Through Reading to help keep military families connected during deployment!

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Our Military Advisors’ Favorites

  • Buddy the Soldier Bear By Marie Joy

    Kenneth O Preston, 13th Sergeant Major of the Army

  • Goodnight Marines By David R Dixon

    Ronald L. Green, 18th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

  • Unsung Heroes By Maria Cordova

    Daniel A. Dailey, 15th Sergeant Major of the Army

  • The Story of Ferdinand By Muro Leaf

    Micheal P. Barrett, 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps

  • Catch Me, Catch Me! A Thomas the Tank Engine Story by Rev. W. Awrdy

    Rick D. West, 12th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy

  • The Book with No Pictures By B.J. Novak

    James A. Roy, 16th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom By Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault

    Denise M. Jelinski-Hall, 3rd Senior Enlisted Advisor of the National Guard

  • I Love You All Ways By Marianne Richmond

    Charles “Skip” W. Bowen, 10th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard

More About United Through Reading and Our Partnership

For over 30 years, United Through Reading (UTR) has helped unite military families facing physical separation by facilitating the bonding experience of storytime. UTR’s founder was a reading specialist and the wife of a Navy flight surgeon who deployed to Vietnam, only to return home to a daughter who did not know him. Knowing the connection reading aloud with a child could create, a powerful concept was born. Deployment after deployment, more than two million military parents, children, and other family members have sustained bonds and fostered literacy by sharing stories across even the greatest distances.

Veterans United employees have been longtime proponents of UTR, both as participants in the program and with contributions from the Veterans United Foundation. We are excited to invite you to join us in supporting military families through UTR by selecting a book to be donated by Veterans United in your honor. For more information on UTR and additional ways you can get involved, visit unitedthroughreading.org and sign up for their newsletter.