Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy That Dropped from the Sky
Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2002]
Format: Book
Description: 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.
Subjects:
Halvorsen, Gail S. -- Juvenile literature.
Simon, Mercedes -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Girls -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Juvenile literature.
Berlin (Germany) -- History -- Blockade, 1948-1949 -- Juvenile literature.
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 -- Juvenile literature.
Halvorsen, Gail S. -- Juvenile literature.
Simon, Mercedes -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Girls -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Juvenile literature.
Berlin (Germany) -- History -- Blockade, 1948-1949 -- Juvenile literature.
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 1000L
ISBN:
1585360694
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C LITERATURE Rav | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |