Elva Resa Publishing

11/08/2025

Congratulations to our Operation Aviation™ team for winning a bronze medal in the 2025 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards for BEST PICTURE BOOK SERIES!

In their acceptance speeches for tonight’s ceremony, our excited aviation stars share a few words about the OA team and winning another amazing award:

Toad (KC-135 tanker): “We share our talents (and fuel), so we can accomplish our mission!”
Moose (C-17 cargo jet): “We always work hard, make friends along the way, and get plenty of rest before our next mission!”
Mytai (F-22 fighter jet): “It takes teamwork! I’m so thankful for my team!”

Operation Aviation™ is a series of rhyming military aircraft adventures featuring anthropomorphic fighter jets and a supportive cast of aviation friends. Available in English and Spanish.

Books: Fly with Mytai / Vuela con Maytai, Toad the Tanker / El Tanquecito, Moose on a Mission / La misión de Alce

Themes: teamwork, sharing, friendship, punctuality, talents, competition, work ethic, self-care

MilitaryFamilyBooks.com/Operation-Aviation

Congratulations, OA team!

Author: Teri Weber
Artist: Brenda Harris Illustration
Translator: Gabriella Aldeman, Write Between, LLC
Editor: Tamara Rittershaus, Author & Editor
Publisher: Karen Pavlicin, Elva Resa Publishing
Distributor: Military Family Books

Thank you Moonbeam Children's Book Awards!

11/07/2025

10/31/2025

Elva Resa Publishing has opened a Call for Manuscripts for our military family life imprint, accepting submissions November 1, 2025 – February 28, 2026, for limited publishing slots in our 2027 and 2028 seasons.

During this call for manuscripts, we will NOT be accepting proposals for memoir, military history, adult fiction/novels, romance, or general books not related to military family life.

We WILL accept proposals with complete manuscripts in these categories:
> adult nonfiction focused on military family life topics (no memoir)
> pr***en, teen, young adult nonfiction focused on military family life topics
> children’s nonfiction focused on military family life topics
> children’s fiction—picture books about military family life

If you are an outstanding author committed to your craft, platform, and community, and you have a strong voice, unique perspective, and exceptional book that informs, inspires, or encourages military families, we look forward to reading your proposal during this call for manuscripts.

Your submission should clearly show there is a need for your book in this market, you are the best author to write and promote the book, and Elva Resa is the right publisher.

Guidelines and online submission form:
ElvaResa.com/Submissions

Our acquisitions team will respond to proposals on a rolling basis.

Elva Resa Publishing is an award-winning, traditional independent publisher based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Our mission is to make a positive difference in people’s lives. We specialize in quality resources by, for, and about military families.

10/29/2025

Attention educators! If you haven’t already, please sign up by Nov 7 for United Through Reading’s Storytime with a Service Member! UTR.org/VeteransDay

You’ll receive a private link to a curated playlist of recordings featuring a variety of books read aloud by US service members. Elva Resa has two picture books on the playlist, Brenda Ehrmantraut's Night Catch and ¡Atrapa la estrella!, read in English and Spanish respectively, about a soldier and his son who play catch with the North Star during the dad’s deployment.

During Veterans Day week, share your selected video with students in your classroom to spark meaningful conversations.

***The first 1000 schools registered for Storytime with a Service Member will receive a special link in mid-November to a read-aloud featuring Elva Resa’s award-winning children’s book authors Teri Weber and Gabriella Aldeman.

In this prerecorded discussion, Teri will talk about being a C-17 pilot and instructor of pilots in the US Air Force. She’ll share interesting facts about planes and what Veterans Day means to her and her family (four generations of military service members). She’ll read aloud one of her Operation Aviation™ books, Moose on a Mission, about a C-17 cargo jet who works hard on big adventures and makes friends along the way. Fellow children’s book author and award-winning translator, Gaby, will talk about translating the Operation Aviation™ books in rhyme and will read aloud La misión de Alce in Spanish. Gaby is a two-time gold medal winner in the International Latino Book Awards for best children’s picture book translation, English to Spanish. The Operation Aviation™ series also recently medaled in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards for best picture book series.

Ten schools with the most classroom signups will receive a grand school library pack of 22 Elva Resa Publishing books, including Night Catch, ¡Atrapa la estrella, and the Operation Aviation™ series in English and Spanish.

Any public or private school teacher, school librarian, homeschooler, or community educator is eligible to participate in this meaningful United Through Reading initiative.

Write Between, LLC
Military Family Books

10/25/2025

Two books published by Elva Resa Publishing, both translated by Gabriella Aldeman, were awarded medals in the International Latino Book Awards (ILBA) at an October 25, 2025, awards ceremony in Oceanside, California.

El Tanquecito (story by Teri Weber, art by Brenda Harris), translated by Aldeman in rhyme, won the Gold for Best Children’s Picture Book Translation: English to Spanish.

El propósito de Estrella: Una misión militar (story by Krista Betcher, art by Brian Schmidt), translated contextually by Aldeman, won the Silver for Best Book About Military Life.

Congratulations to all the medalists! Special thanks to Empowering Latino Futures for hosting the awards!

https://elvaresa.com/elva-resa-books-translated-by-gabriella-aldeman-awarded-ilba-medals/

10/22/2025

Children's book authors Kristin Ayyar and Gabriella Aldeman will present and sign books at the Virginia Association of School Librarians (VAASL) conference held in Williamsburg, Virginia, November 5–7, 2025. Along with other Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators-Mid Atlantic authors, they will talk about their books and author visit offerings, and sign books in the exhibitor hall.

Kristin Ayyar, author of Countdown ’til Daddy Comes Home and Countdown ’til Mommy Comes Home will present on Nov. 6 at 1 PM ET and sign books 1:45–4:30 PM following her presentation.

Gabriella Aldeman, author of Paula’s Patches, Squawk of Spanish, and Un graznido en español, and translator of Contando los días hasta que llegue papá and Contando los días hasta que llegue mamá will present on Nov. 7 at 8 AM and sign books 10 AM–1 PM following her presentation.

10/22/2025

"The Soldier and The Therapist" highlights the incredible insights of Lt. Col Matt Weathers, a chaplain in the United States Army and his wife Corie who is a...

10/20/2025

Special thanks to Living Healthy and Aging Well radio host Ken Haglind, president of Minnesota Hospice, for talking with Christine Thompson, author of Scarlet Says Good-bye, about how children’s books can help young people understand hospice care, process grief, and preserve memories.

https://livinghealthyagingwell.com/shows/christine-thompson-author-of-scarlett-says-goodbye/

Scarlet Says Good-bye features a story about Scarlet as she says good-bye to someone she loves. Includes activities and space to write a letter to a loved one.

Available in cases of 30 keepsake hardcover books and bulk packs of 120 books at ScarletSaysGoodbye.com.
(MilitaryFamilyBooks.com/Scarlet)

10/18/2025

Thank you USAA for your support of our military community and for championing the impactful work of our military spouse authors.

10/12/2025

100,000 letters. One message: military families matter.

Together, our NMFA community has reached a major milestone with more than 100,000 letters sent to Congress calling for passage of the

While we wait for lawmakers to act, we can’t stop here. Every voice adds pressure. Every story strengthens our message. Let’s keep it going until our troops and their families are protected from the uncertainty of government shutdowns.