While You Are Away Author:Eileen Spinelli While you are on that big ship, Daddy, far, far away I tell you things. I pretend the wind can carry my words clear across the ocean right to your heart. At times a loved one may be far, far away, but that special person is never far from mind and heart. Eileen Spinelli's lyrical, patriotic text and Rene Graef's uplifting illustrations d... more »epicting military families combine to create a reassuring book about separation and reunion.« less