Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" (Hardcover) by Michael O Tunnell

from edeidrich

Although havins prior knowledge of Gail Halvorsen's highly regarded actions during the Berlin Airlift, I wasn't completely aware of the specifics of his actions. Tunnell's work sheds light not only on Halvorsen's motivations, but also the impact that his parachuted candy drops had on the children...

from SuPendleton

This is a wonderful story to be shared with students in upper elementary and older. (There is also a picture book for young children about the story by Margot Raven.) The book begins in 1948 with a young German boy watching for a special American plane flying over Berlin. We soon learn that the p...

from rupsarkar

This book is a true account of US Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen and his heroic and charitable candy drops. The book is supplemented by many black and white historical pictures and documents. The writing style is appropriate for children 9-12. However, with the many primary documents, it can also...

from kbartholomew1

Operation Little Vittles began as an act of generosity by a young pilot named Gail Halvorsen. After the second World War, Halvorsen toured Berlin, a city that was in shambles due to the war. Halvorsen interacted with a group of children before he left them, he gave the children two sticks of gum....

from Y-NhiVu

Candy Bomber is about an event that happened after WWII. A pilot realizes that all the German children have not had candy in so long. He tells the kids that he will drop candy from his plane and to find him he will wiggle his wings. And he does just that for the kids. But some kids don't receive ...