

With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America's fallen when they guard this Tomb. His plane and those in it were never found. I've always thought of him being part of those honored by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. His plane was shot down in the Pacific Ocean in a battle near the Philippine Islands. My father was a pilot during World War II. I found returning to these pages and the list of the cast of characters helpful.) This is an amazing story and it publishes tomorrow! Soon dawn will daub the sky with finger paints, watercolor tints of saffron and rose the women will sashay home, balancing their jars."The final question to lure you into this book is why is it titled Amver & Clay? (After finishing and during the reading, I returned to the beginning, an introduction first by Hermes, then Rhaskos speaks. Here is one tiny part in one scene, like many others: "The water foams and chuckles their jars were overflowing. Schlitz does not hurry the story but takes time to show the emotions and the surroundings with deft description and emotion. Laura Amy Schlitz explains more history and her choice of the written prose and poetry in added Author's Notes plus there is an extensive bibliography. The pay-it-forward message is sweet and well implemented in the girl’s simple actions, and viewers may take pause to hear the song of their surroundings as well.Chapters begin with found artifacts, all illustrated by Julia Iredale, each one central to the chapter.

Dozens of jellyfish dance in the depths.” Atilgan’s digital art accentuates the peaceful tone, displaying scenes of comfort and bliss in smudgy textured spreads with waves of the ocean, steam from a bathhouse, or a delicious sesame round all the people of the city have charmingly messy hair. The text has a calming bedtime-story flavor, with second-person narration that places the listener into the girl’s shoes with a soothing cadence: “The city whispers something you don’t quite understand. A little girl passes through Istanbul, receiving and spreading kindness: first a fisherman gives her a fish, which she throws back into the ocean a pastry seller gifts the girl a free treat, which she shares with the seagulls a man gives her a steaming cup of tea, and she regifts the accompanying silver spoon to a boy who plays the accordion a man exchanges pomegranate juice for the story of the girl’s day.
