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Deployment gifts

A personalized book for a child whose parent is deployed

The Same Moon puts your child and the parent who is away on every page, under one sky, until the day the door opens.

You add a photo of your child and a photo of the parent who is away. Both of them appear on every page: the same moon, the same rain, the same wondering, and a last chapter where the distance closes.

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Common questions

Can the parent who is away be in the book?

Yes. When you set up The Same Moon you add a second person and choose Mum or Dad, with their photo. Your child stays the hero.

Can we read it together while they are away?

The digital edition is ready as soon as you pay, so it can be read on a video call the same day.

Will it actually look like them?

  • Reference portrait: Deep brown skin, tightly coiled hair, age 5The illustrated character kept from it: Deep brown skin, tightly coiled hairDeep brown skin, tightly coiled hair
  • Reference portrait: Fine, fair, barely-there hair, age 1The illustrated character kept from it: Fine, fair, barely-there hairFine, fair, barely-there hair
  • Reference portrait: Straight black hair with a fringe, age 7The illustrated character kept from it: Straight black hair with a fringeStraight black hair with a fringe
  • Reference portrait: Curly ginger hair and freckles, age 4The illustrated character kept from it: Curly ginger hair and frecklesCurly ginger hair and freckles
  • Reference portrait: Round glasses, age 6The illustrated character kept from it: Round glassesRound glasses
  • Reference portrait: Long braids with beads, age 8The illustrated character kept from it: Long braids with beadsLong braids with beads
  • Reference portrait: A visible hearing aid, age 5The illustrated character kept from it: A visible hearing aidA visible hearing aid
  • Reference portrait: A baby with no hair, 6 monthsThe illustrated character kept from it: A baby with no hairA baby with no hair

Skin tone, hair texture and freckles all carried through. See it up close

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Make them the hero of their own deployment story.