{"title":"Children's Memorial Day Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-wall-paperback-picture-book","title":"The Wall: Paperback - Picture Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the wall, my grandfather's wall. On it are the names of those killed in a war, long ago.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRead about a little boy and his father visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Together, they search for the boy’s grandpa’s name on the wall. During their visit, the little boy meets a decorated soldier in a wheelchair. Eventually, the father finds his dad’s name and places a picture of the boy by the wall. This is a great book to educate children about the brave soldiers who fought and lost their lives fighting in the Vietnam war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Big Sky Life Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41451471175812,"sku":"IND258","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0602\/3734\/8996\/files\/Untitled_800x550px_425x550px_600x425px_43.png?v=1694294259"},{"product_id":"twenty-one-steps-guarding-the-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier-hardcover-picture-book","title":"Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: Hardcover - Picture Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America’s fallen. Discover their story, and that of the unknown soldiers they honor, through resonant words and illustrations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKeeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards, whose every step, every turn, honors and remembers America’s fallen. They protect fellow soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, making sure they are never alone. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo stand there—with absolute precision, in every type of weather, at every moment of the day, one in a line uninterrupted since midnight July 2, 1937—is the ultimate privilege and the most difficult post to earn in the army. Everything these men and women do is in service to the Unknowns. Their standard is perfection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExactly how the unnamed men came to be entombed at Arlington, and exactly how their fellow soldiers have come to keep vigil over them, is a sobering and powerful tale, told by Jeff Gottesfeld and luminously illustrated by Matt Tavares—a tale that honors the soldiers who honor the fallen.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"chrome-extension:\/\/ldinpeekobnhjjdofggfgjlcehhmanlj\/inpage.js\" id=\"hiro-wallet-provider\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Big Sky Life Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41451485986948,"sku":"IND257","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0602\/3734\/8996\/files\/Untitled_800x550px_425x550px_600x425px_53.png?v=1694294264"},{"product_id":"americas-white-table-hardcover-picture-book","title":"America's White Table: Hardcover - Picture Book","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThree children set a special white table in memory of service members fallen or missing in action, and especially in honor of their Uncle Jim, a POW in Vietnam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe White Table is set in many mess halls as a symbol for and remembrance to service members fallen, missing, or held captive in the line of duty. Solitary and solemn, it is the table where no one will ever sit. As a special gift to her Uncle John, Katie and her sisters are asked to help set the white table for dinner. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs their mother explains the significance of each item placed on the table Katie comes to understand and appreciate the depth of sacrifice that her uncle, and each member of the Armed Forces and their families, may be called to give. It was just a little white table... but it felt as big as America when we helped Mama put each item on it and she told us why it was so important. \"We use a Small Table, girls,\" she explained first, \"to show one soldier's lonely battle against many. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe cover it with a White Cloth to honor a soldier's pure heart when he answers his country's call to duty.\" \"We place a Lemon Slice and Grains of Salt on a plate to show a captive soldier's bitter fate and the tears of families waiting for loved ones to return,\" she continued.\"We push an Empty Chair to the table for the missing soldiers who are not here...\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cscript src=\"chrome-extension:\/\/ldinpeekobnhjjdofggfgjlcehhmanlj\/inpage.js\" id=\"hiro-wallet-provider\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e","brand":"Big Sky Life Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41604275241092,"sku":"IND626","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0602\/3734\/8996\/files\/190.png?v=1695525296"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0602\/3734\/8996\/collections\/Memorial_Day_-_thumbnail.png?v=1719109134","url":"https:\/\/shop.bigskylifebooks.com\/collections\/childrens-memorial-day-books.oembed","provider":"Big Sky Life Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}