Stacy Casaluci — writing from the inside
Stacy Casaluci didn't write about military families. She wrote as one. Her debut picture book was born from the specific weight of deployment — the empty chair, the counted days, the faith that holds what distance cannot break.
Stacy Manning Casaluci is a children’s book author based in California. She is known for writing heartfelt and meaningful stories that focus on faith, family connection, emotional strength, and childhood imagination.
Her writing journey began from simple bedtime storytelling moments shared with her children. These moments inspired her to turn everyday family experiences into meaningful stories that could comfort and guide other children as well.
Stacy’s books are especially meaningful for families dealing with separation, such as military families, where emotional reassurance and hope play an important role in a child’s life.
Courage already lived at the table
Military families don't need to be told what hard looks like at dinnertime. Stacy's conviction was simpler — that children inside that hardness deserve a story that sits with them in it, not one that rushes past it.
A world made visible, spread by spread
Illustrator Kalpart gave Cory and Kyler's inner world a visual language — luminous, tender, and precise. Every spread holds the children's experience with the same care the story asks of its readers.