Army Enlists Children’s Book To Help Families

“The Kissing Hand,” a children’s book about a raccoon trying to assuage her baby’s separation anxiety, rose in popularity after 9/11, when the American Library Association recommended it. The book has just sold an additional 14,000 copies to a single customer: the U.S. Army. In a first-time effort, the army plans to distribute the story to help military families cope with wartime separation.