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/PRNewswire/ -- Simon & Schuster Books for Innocent Readers announced today plans to publish an illustrated children's post by Second Lady of the United States, Jill Biden . The rules will be titled DON'T FORGET, NANA, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS and will be illustrated by present-winning artist Raul Colon. The book will go on sale June 5, 2012.

Dr. Biden will confer all net author proceeds to charities to support military families and children, and will not endure an advance for the book. In honor of the book's publication, Simon & Schuster will space a contribution to a charity that supports military families and children.

"As a military mom and a schoolmaster, I wanted to write this book to make all Americans, especially children, informed of the unique experience of children who have a parent or other relative deployed in our armed forces," said Jill Biden. "I saw with my own grandchildren just how thorny it is to carry on while you are worried about a parent who is serving in a war zone ... and I also literate what a difference it makes when members of the community show support. I hope my granddaughter Natalie's tale, which inspired the book, gives readers some insight into the strength and rectitude of our military families, and encourages them to reach out in their neighborhoods and communities.

Source: Sacramento Bee

by Becky

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Source: Nonfiction Monday: Surviving the Angel of Death

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