Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot |
Publication Information
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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:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
true story, nonfiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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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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