Nature + Literature = Something Beautiful
In the stretch between Patriot’s Day and Memorial Day, we are honoring our veterans with a book that is just as much for them as for the kiddos. Honor Flight: Celebrating America’s Veterans, by Jeff Gottesfeld and Matt Tavares, is a solemn and respectful reminder of what has been paid and what is owed.
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.
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Storywalk on the SNETT is a collaboration between the Simon Fairfield Public Library and the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The stations were constructed by Ethan Chisholm and Troop 316 of Douglas, MA.
The Storywalk is on an easy, stroller-friendly, graveled path with ample parking off of Depot Street (technically, 33 Railroad Ave). The first post is just to the west of the parking lot, and the walk is a little over 1,000 feet.
StoryWalk® was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and has developed with the help of Rachel Senechal, formerly of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.