Captain Mama's Surprise: La Sorpresa de Capitán Mamá - Softcover

In this second book in the Captain Mama series, Marco and his sisters, whose mother is a U.S. Air Force aviator, visit the KC-135 aerial refueling tanker on a field trip with his second grade class. The children and their teachers meet the aircrew and the crew chief, tour the airplane to understand its unique parts and learn what each crew member does as they work together onboard this gas station in the sky. Includes a STEM activity for children to learn basic aircraft terms and structure plus glossaries in Spanish and English of aviation terms in the text.

Author: Graciela Tiscareño-Sato (right) is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. She completed the Aerospace Studies program as an AFROTC (Air Force Reserve Officer Training Program) scholarship cadet while earning her degree in Architecture and Environmental Design. During her active duty career in the Air Force, she deployed to four continents and dozens of countries as a crew member, instructor navigator and contingency planning officer. Flying combat sorties over Southern Iraq earned her crew the prestigious Air Medal on her first deployment to Saudi Arabia. Read her full military biography at “About the Author” at captainmama.com.In 2014, The White House honored Graciela as a Champion of Change, Woman Veteran Leader for her work as a social entrepreneur and author, specifically for creating the award-winning series debut book Good Night Captain Mama / Buenas Noches Capitán Mamá and an educational publishing firm to raise the expectations many adults have of young Latino students.Graciela actively mentors students who need education and career roadmaps, a central focus of her award-winning book series titled Latinnovating. Graciela and her family live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Contact the author and join the ongoing conversation about women in uniform at captainmama.com.Illustrator: Linda Lens (left ) first found her passion for art as a small child with her grandmother, Donna. She made art her passion since her first thunderstorm. Finding her talent, she has never stopped drawing. From crayons to oil paint, Linda has played with it all. As a little girl, her mother would take her and her sister to the library where they would check out too many children’s books. The beautiful illustrations and colors always fascinated Linda. From early on, one of her dreams was to become a children’s book illustrator. Her love for capturing human expression followed her throughout college. She earned a degree in Studio Art, specializing in portraiture, from California State University in Hayward.One of Linda’s favorite quotes is from author Tom Robbins: “The purpose of art is to provide what life does not.” She lives with her son Johnny and daughter Saila, along with Cleo the black cat and two dogs, Merlyn and Zero, somewhere near the ocean. Her original art from the Captain Mama series is displayed at the annual exhibition of children’s book illustrator art at the Sun Gallery in Hayward, California. Contact Linda through the Contact Us tab at captainmama.com.