Honor Flight: Celebrating America's Veterans
by Jeff Gottesfeld, illustrated by Matt Tavares
A touching companion book honoring military veterans and the program that keeps their contribution alive, created by the team behind Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Located in our nation’s capital are monuments dedicated to the service members who fought in the last century’s wars. Visitors line up to gaze at the Iwo Jima Memorial, stark against the sky; the solemn Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; the national World War II Memorial with its circle of unity; the Korean War Veterans Memorial; and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, engraved with tens of thousands of names.
It is here that the Honor Flight program has brought some 300,000 aging veterans, all of them deserving a chance to see their commitment and sacrifice honored and commemorated. Told in the voice of an anonymous veteran, Jeff Gottesfeld’s first-person narrative conveys the emotional impact of a visit that not only encompasses a tour of the monuments but also includes moving tributes from friends and schoolchildren and ends with the kind of welcome home that some of the veterans had never received. Matt Tavares’s striking illustrations bring readers close to both Washington’s timeless monuments and the veterans whose role in history will never be forgotten. An afterword and notes from the author provide more information for curious readers.
Candlewick Press
ISBN 9781536230154
10" x 12" Hardcover
40 pages
Also available by Jeff Gottesfeld:
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Twenty-One Steps CASE of 20 Books
Honor Flight: Celebrating America's Veterans
Honor Flight CASE of 20 Books
We All Serve: Honoring Our Military Kids
We All Serve CASE of 20 Books
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