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#Chances4Children: Naval charity launches books to help children missing deployed parents

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A children’s charity has launched two new books aimed at helping children with parents in the armed forces deal with their parents being away for long periods.
Henry and the Time Penguin is aimed at children whose mum is away. Picture: The Children's Naval Charity
Henry and the Time Penguin is aimed at children whose mum is away. Picture: The Children's Naval Charity

The Naval Children’s Charity has produced two books aiming to help children struggling with their parents being deployed across the world for between three and nine months at a time.

The charity estimates that 56,000 men and women are currently deployed in the Armed Forces, 15,000 of whom are in the Navy.

It has teamed up with writer and illustrator Sarah McMenemy to produce two books to be shipped out to children free of charge.

Zoe and the Time Rabbit in an original work commissioned in 2018. The story follows Zoe and her emotions when her father has to go away and the help she gets from a magical time rabbit. 

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