This is another book my son and I read together as a background for a school project they are beginning on WWII. It's a true story about an Air Force pilot that dropped candy from his plane to the children in Berlin. It's a pretty short story but it's so heartwarming. Even in just those few pages, i...
5/19/2011 ** I'm currently doing a unit on the Underground Railroad with my fourth graders and chose to read this aloud today. As I read, I heard the sound of fingers rubbing the illustrations, which are so realistic, you believe you can feel the bark and the murk of the fog. My kids were equally sp...
Deceptively simple story is very powerful and at the same time quite warm and accessible. Lovely watercolor illustrations.
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![[ MERCEDES AND THE CHOCOLATE PILOT: A TRUE STORY OF THE BERLIN AIRLIFT AND THE CANDY THAT DROPPED FROM THE SKY Hardcover ] Raven, Margot Theis ( AUTHOR ) Apr - 01 - 2002 [ Hardcover ] - Margot Theis Raven](http://booklikes.com/photo/max/150/0/upload/books/e/4/e45cac728254e400a71c9f5bf57dfaf9.jpg)
![[Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot: A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy That Dropped from the Sky] (By: Margot Theis Raven) [published: April, 2002] - Margot Theis Raven](http://booklikes.com/photo/max/150/0/upload/books/6/c/6cb4f4e711768ad4b3d02ece35359725.jpg)
