Military veteran whose aviation career began at Mather Field returns to airshow this weekend as children’s book author

Book overview by Commander Trish Beckman, US Navy (retired), Naval Flight Officer (Navigator)

Book cowl “Taking Flight with Captain Mama/Despegando con Capitán Mamá” -ISBN: 978-0-9973090-2-7 (hardcover), 978-0-9973090-9-6 (paperback), 979-8-9856862-0-3 (eBook)

How it began – UNT commencement day at Mather Field and How it is going – the author and book trilogy impressed by her service and youngsters

Graciela Tiscareño-Sato, aka Captain Mama, will showcase her bilingual book trilogy on the flightline at the California Capital Airshow October 1-2

SACRAMENTO, CA, UNITED STATES, September 29, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — A army aviation career that began at Mather Field, when it was Mather Air Force Base and the nation’s Undergraduate Navigator Training (UNT) faculty, has impressed an award-winning bilingual children’s aviation book collection that takes place on a flying fuel station.

UNT graduate Graciela Tiscareño-Sato can be a featured author on the flightline this weekend at Rancho Cordova’s much-anticipated California Capital Airshow, October 1-2, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on each days. Details right here.

Tiscareño-Sato’s modern collection, revealed absolutely in Spanish (her first language) and English, takes place onboard the long-lasting KC-135R refueling tanker, the jet by which she served for eight years after receiving her navigator wings at Mather Field.

In the collection debut, “Good Night, Captain Mama,” a younger boy named Marco learns why his mom wears a army flight swimsuit and why she serves. In the second book, “Captain Mama’s Surprise,” Marco leads his class discipline journey to tour the aerial refueling jet the place his mom works and narrates the expertise within the distinctive voice of a military-connected baby. Tiscareño-Sato was impressed to create the collection by her son when he first noticed her in her flight swimsuit and known as her “Captain Mamá.”

Now, within the third book, “Taking Flight with Captain Mama/Despegando con Capitán Mamá,” Marco and his classmates take flight on the KC-135 refueling tanker. They see Captain Mama and crew in motion refueling a few of the coolest jets within the Air Force, and witness what occurs throughout an emergency. This title can be nationally obtainable on October twenty seventh. Preorder at writer’s retailer right here.

Here’s an excerpt of a book overview by D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer at Midwest Book Review:

“The “you are there” really feel is heightened by action-packed experiences, plane communications and explanations, and discussions of army deployment that assist the younger narrator higher perceive his mom’s service, duties, and the particular function she holds as a Captain on a army aircrew. Details concerning the stealth fighter jet educate youngsters about several types of army planes, whereas the journey part retains kids each concerned and educated.

The end result is a crucial and distinctive survey of ladies, together with Latinas, in aviation and army service that showcases a number of girls’s essential work, reflective of different girls who’ve earned command and aeronautical positions in our armed forces. These aspects, and the bilingual strategy of the story, make for an impressive alternative to study extra about girls in service and in lively army roles, making “Taking Flight With Captain Mama” the right image book of alternative for assignments throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, Veterans Day, Women’s History Month, and general-interest studying year-round. Its data, supply, and action-oriented story are compellingly introduced and unequaled within the image book world.”

Come to the airshow and go to the veteran and author within the autograph tent at present heart. Tiscareño-Sato can be signing books, taking photos with youngsters, and providing kids an opportunity to attempt on her flight fits.

“I bring my flight suits to airshows so that families can take home very special airshow memories – photos of their kids in real flight suits, striking confident aviator poses, and imagining themselves in this profession one day,” mentioned the author. “I love answering questions, in Spanish and in English, about pathways to college for first-generation scholars like me, the Air Force ROTC scholarship that made my bachelor degree at UC Berkeley possible, and tips for young women on how to thrive in the most male-dominated technical profession of military aviation. It’s phenomenal to be back at Mather where I received my wings!”

Tiscareno-Sato will serve native youth as a desk mentor at Friday’s STEM Expo at Mather Field. She’s taking her inspirational aviation image book collection to roughly 10 airshows throughout the nation in 2022. Next yr, she’ll attend air reveals as a contracted Ground Performer to encourage households and reward books to kids, and as a logo-sponsored author too. Airshow organizers ought to contact writer Gracefully Global Group to book the author and veteran in 2023.

For extra information concerning the Captain Mama book collection, the deliberate airshow calendar, Teacher Packs, Virtual Author Visit Packages (in English & Spanish) for lecture rooms, trainer testimonials, and extra, please go to CaptainMama.com

Media Contact
Reach the author at (510) 542-9449 to coordinate interviews between Friday, September thirtieth and Sunday, October 2nd (Friday afternoon after the STEM Expo and Saturday and Sunday at the airshow’s autograph tent at the Captain Mama desk. Email the author at [email protected]. After the airshow, contact [email protected] .

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Gracefully Global Group is within the business of inspiración. The premiere impartial writer of constructive media photos and case research from the Latino neighborhood in book, eBook and dwell presentation codecs, the agency is licensed as a Woman-Owned Small Business and in addition veteran-owned. The agency’s first book “Latinnovating: Green American Jobs and the Latinos Creating Them” (978-0-9834760-0-9) obtained a number of honors from a wide range of literary organizations for its distinctive give attention to showcasing Latino-led innovation and entrepreneurship within the inexperienced economy. The Captain Mama / Capitán Mamá collection impressed by Ms. Tiscareno-Sato’s aviation service has gained six worldwide book awards, the primary bilingual children’s book collection about girls serving in uniform in our nation’s armed forces. The agency’s 2021 title, “B.R.A.N.D. Before your Resumé: Your Marketing Guide for Veterans & Military Service Members Entering Civilian Life,” was awarded the Silver Medal within the How to/Business class by the Military Writers Society of America. The firm’s modern literature will be present in faculties, libraries, and houses in 48 of fifty U.S. States and several other nations exterior the USA.
Using inspirational multicultural literature, the agency helps organizations with range and inclusion initiatives reaching out to veteran and Latino communities with a artistic mix of literature, culturally-competent advertising and marketing, and public talking choices. Its mission is to “create literature that showcases the positive contributions of Latino Americans in the USA.” Ms. Tiscareno-Sato can also be obtainable to facilitate skilled improvement coaching for Ok-12 educators, veterans, and company ERG members. store.gracefullyglobal.com

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Ta-dah! “Taking Flight with Captain Mama/Despegando con Capitán Mamá” third book in collection by Air Force veteran Graciela Tiscareño-Sato; video by Lance T. Walker