Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
Publication Information
Author:  Raven, Margot	Illustrator:  vanFrankenhuyzen, Gijsbert
Title:  Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot	Date:  2002
Publisher:  Sleeping Bear Press	City:  Chelsea, MI
ISBN, paperback:  1-58536-069-4	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    true story, nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
During the occupation of Germany after WW II, a young girl writes a letter to an American airlift pilot who drops chocolates to children. The author includes a biography of Col. Halvorsen, "the chocolate pilot" of the title.
Teaching Ideas:
The book can be used in text sets on WW II, children and war, and ordinary heroes. The details of the story provide information for maps skills work. The author's note introduces the process of research that teachers may want to discuss and then encourage students to research something similar. Learners may want to look on the Internet for more information about the Berlin Airlift. Most of all, learners may want to rewrite the story from the pilot's perspective. Teachers could also use the book to introduce letter writing and have students write a letter to a favorite well-known person.
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Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > giving/generosity Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > kindness Family > children > childhood memories Geography > locations > countries > Germany Hardships > survival History > topic > war > World War II Transportation > flight > airplanes History > topic > war > children and war Heroes and Heroines > ordinary people Literature and Language > letters

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