Captain Mama's Surprise / La Sorpresa de Capitn Mam

Second Edition - what's new?

In this second edition, we've modified some of the Spanish-language text, added Spanish text to the art/engineering project, and updated the Links page.

Segunda edicin - Qu es nuevo?

En esta segunda edicin, modifi camos parte del texto en espaol, agregamos texto en espaol al proyecto de arte/ingeniera y actualizamos la pgina de enlaces.

In this second book in the Captain Mama series, Marco and his sisters, whose mother is a U.S. Air Force aviator, visit the KC-135 aerial refueling tanker on a field trip with his class. 

The children and their teachers meet the aircrew and the crew chief, tour the airplane to understand its unique parts and learn what each crew member does as they work together onboard this gas station in the sky. 

Includes a STEM activity for children to learn basic aircraft terms and structure plus glossaries in Spanish and English of aviation terms in the text. 

This unique series was written by a Latina military officer and former aviator. It's the first children's book series, published in English and Spanish, about why mommies wear military uniforms and serve in the armed forces. 

For creating this unique literature that celebrates the fact that women, Latinas, and mothers are veterans too, the author was honored by the White House as a Woman Veteran Leader, Champion of Change and by her congressman on the Floor of the House of Representatives. 

At the International Latino Book Awards, Captain Mama's Surprise/La sorpresa de Capitn Mam won 1st Place in the "Most Inspirational Children's Picture Book - Bilingual" category. The Military Writers Society of America bestowed a Gold Medal to this title in the Children's Book category at their 2019 book awards gala.