After collaborating on a video project for the childrens story, mercedes and the chocolate pilot, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the berlin airlift, students from aukamm and hainerberg elementary schools here and the nearby nauheim grundschule were treated to a visit by the book s reallife title character. Using mercedes and the chocolate pilot in the classroom. Mercedes wanted so badly to be one of the children who received his candy but when she went to the air force base and tried to catch one of the candy packets that were thrown out of the plane, mercedes was pushed aside by a larger child. After having collaborated on a video project for the childrens story, mercedes and the chocolate pilot, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the berlin airlift, students from aukamm and hainerberg elementary schools on u. As a childrens librarian i have spent the past week reading mercedes and the chocolate pilot to my students. The comprehension questions can be used as an informal or formal assessment if you wish. A true story of the berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky kindle edition by raven, margot theis, gijsbert van frankenhuyzen. This download features the reading comprehension questions.
Great to use for small group instruction, center work, or independent practice. Audio excerpt from mercedes and the chocolate pilot. This is a true story of the berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky by margot theis raven, gijsbert van frankenhuyzen demonstrates the true meaning of the human sprit and the impact of that sprit upon generation after generation. Barbara mcculloh is respectful of the history presented in this book. Along the way they encounter prejudice, but they also discover the green book, a real guide to accommodations which was published for decades to aid africanamerican travelers as they faced prejudice on the roads across the country. This is the true story of a sevenyearold girl named mercedes who lived in west berlin during the airlift and of the american who came to be known as the chocolate pilot. He immigrated to the united states in 1976, and years later he became a childrens book illustrator.
Mercedes and the chocolate pilot is nicks ninth childrens. A true story of the berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky by margot theis raven and gijsbert van frankenhuyzen. Add to reading list share this book mercedes and the chocolate pilot. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot, margots first book with sleeping bear press, was a 2003 childrens choice award winner from the international reading association. Although this event happened in 1948 after world war ii ended it sheds light on the tension that existed between british, american, and soviet forces during their postwar german occupation. Every day, one special plane wiggles its wings, and its pilot drops small candyfilled. Halvorsen kept on delivering, picking up nicknames like the chocolate bomber. Sep 14, 2018 it was a friendship immortalized in margot theis ravens childrens book, mercedes and the chocolate pilot. Margot theis raven is the author of mercedes and the chocolate pilot 4. Margots books bridge generations of readers through the belief that the worst of times can bring out the best in people and are often set against powerful backdrops such as world war ii or americas civil rights period. Josef stalin blockaded all ground routes coming in and out of berlin to cut off west berliners from all food and essential supplies. Please let there be eggs, mercedes wished as she checked the chickens nests. Read more read less explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. He soon became known as the chocolate pilot to all the children who looked forward to his fly overs.
The tension between mercedes and her mother is palpable in each voice. Story of a war hero comes to life for mulberry elementary. Artist gijsbert van frankenhuyzens evocative paintings illuminate margot theis ravens powerful story of hope, friendship and remembrance. Although halvorsen wanted to keep operation little vittles a secret it seemed like something you werent supposed to do, a newspaperman snapped photos of the tiny parachutes blooming and drifting to earth, and soon the news blanketed the u. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot teachers guide based on the book mercedes and the chocolate pilot. He is best known as the berlin candy bomber or uncle wiggly wings and gained fame for dropping candy to german children during the berlin airlift from 1948 to 1949. Guided reading lexile measure grade level equivalent dra level. Halvorsen grew up in rural utah but always had a desire to fly.
During his visit he shared his experiences with first term airmans center and airman leadership school students. Pierce written by margot theis raven illustrated by gijsbert van frankenhuyzen sleeping bear press 310 n. Based on the book mercedes and the chocolate pilot. Learn more enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the.
Candy bomber delivered chocolate, hope to berlin u. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot story map multileveled lesson with these multileveled lessons, students are encouraged to explore the important elements of any fiction text to support comprehension. Jul 22, 2015 mercedes and chocolate pilot lisa kahle. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot by margot theis raven, one yellow daffodil by david adler passage to freedom. Read along story book for children train talk for kids from kids duration. Chocolate candy on little parachautes rained down from an american airplane over west berlin in 1948. Gijsbert van frankenhuyzen 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 candyfilled parachutes during. The city was partially controlled by the soviets, who held it under a siege. During the berlin airlift, a humanitarian rescue mission that utilized british and american pilots to fly supplies into west berlin, one of the american pilots, lt. Halvorsens story to an audience that is not familiar with the berlin airlift. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot through the lookingglass.
From one thoughtful, generous act came a lifelong relationship between lt. A retired police detective, a teenage black boy, and a neurotic woman team up to form an unlikely group of heroes who stop a killer known as mr. Margot theis raven author of mercedes and the chocolate. In west berlin in 1948, sevenyearold mercedes, her mother, and countless others struggled.
Sweet success candy bomber shares berlin air drop stories. The story of the berlin airlifts chocolate pilot is a terrific nonfiction offering for older elementary students and middle grade readers. Magazine for seventeen years, and has illustrated many books. Jun 29, 2016 at the end of world war ii, germany was divided. A true story of the berlin mercedes and the chocolate pilot. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot by margot theis raven. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot by margot theis raven scholastic. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Review of mercedes and the chocolate pilot 9781585360697. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot by margot theis raven, 9781585360697, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot is a sweet picture book about a true story that happened during the berlin airlift. It was a story ive never heard before and it also explained the postwar occupation of berlin more clearly than id understood it before. The beginning of their friendship is recounted in the childrens book, mercedes and the chocolate pilot by margot theis raven held by halvorsen.
Wolf, kids wings unit in gifts and givers weedflower full length novel, by cynthia kadohata the great skating race picture book by louise borden mercedes and the chocolate pilot picture book by margot theis raven the yellow star, the legend of king christian x of denmark. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Then complete 4 activity sheets that focus on comprehension, note taking, sequencesummary and text evidence. This book is about how mercedes learned that there was an american pilot nicknamed the mercedes and the chocolate pilot. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot full day of lesson plans. The book is written from the perspective of a 7yearold german girl named mercedes, whose mother tells her about the chocolate pilot, who dropped candy to west berliners when ground supply. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot bound to stay bound books. Army garrison wiesbaden and the nearby nauheim grundschule were treated to a visit by the books reallife title character. It was a friendship immortalized in margot theis ravens childrens book, mercedes and the chocolate pilot. Margots books bridge generations of readers through the belief that the worst of times can bring out the best in people and are often set against powerful backdrops such as world. We read mercedes and the chocolate pilot and i shared facts from candy bomber with them. But the planes deliver more than flour, clothing, and coal. In 1948 west berlin, mercedes and her mother rely on the noisy american planes that form a sky bridge into the city, bringing vital food and supplies. Margot theis raven 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 candyfilled parachutes during.
A true story of the berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky, childrens book. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. The book provides background and inspiration while recreating a moment in history. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot book by gijsbert van.
Born in the netherlands, gijsbert van frankenhuyzen studied at the royal academy of arts in holland. He also took time to visit children in popes school age children program, where he read mercedes and the chocolate pilot, a childrens book written from the perspective of a little girl living in berlin during the airlift. A true story of the berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky margot theis raven, author, gijsbert van frankenhuyzen, illustrator, illus. A child of the berlin airlift tells her story air force.
Easy to use printable questions for the small group reading book, mercedes and the chocolate pilot. A true story of the berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky, by margot theis raven author of americas white table and illustrated by gijsbert van frankenhuyzen, tells of a young girl living in warravaged west berlin and the american chocolate pilot who. Mercedes from detonating a bomb during a sold out pop concert in this novel by stephen king. All citations in this study guide refer to the kindle version of mr. A true story of the berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky guide by patricia a. The sugiharra story by ken mochizuki terrible things by eve bunting the children we remember by chana byers abells the lily cupboard by shulamith oppenheim the little riders by margaretha shemin the number on my grandfathers arm by.
Gail halvorsen, the berlin candy bomber, and the young german girl one of many who wrote him with a special request. She narrates mercedes as a child wise beyond her years and yet one who is childlike in her excitement about the candy drops. A true story of the berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky. A true story of the berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky by raven, margot theis, frankenhuyzen, gijsbert van isbn. An engrossing historical story, one that addresses themes of war and reconstruction, and childhood life under military occupation, mercedes and the chocolate pilot is a book i would recommend to youngsters upper elementary school level and above with an interest in history. Air pilots, military girls halvorsen, gail s history simon, mercedes world war, 19391945.
Halvorsen and how he had come to be called the american chocolate pilot. Eggs were valued more than gold in west berlin during the russian blockade. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot audiobook, by margot theis raven. Complete the interactive read aloud of mercedes and the chocolate pilot. It was a friendship immortalized in margot theis ravens children s book, mercedes and the chocolate pilot. Teachingbooks multileveled lesson mercedes and the. Ruth and the green book is the story of one black familys trip from chicago to alabama by car in the late 1940s. They all enjoyed looking through the photos in the book and were impressed that the author had met lt. Born in the netherlands, gijsbert van frankenhuyzen studied at the royal academy of arts inholland. Mercedes and the chocolate pilot nashville public library.
The chocolate pilot was busy bringing happiness to the children of a war torn city. Book mercedes and the chocolate pilot by margot theis raven. Army garrison wiesbaden and the nearby nauheim grundschule were treated to a visit by the book s reallife title character. See which new books our editors chose as this months favorites for kids of all ages. Halvorsen, came to be known as the chocolate pilot to sevenyearold mercedes and the other children of berlin. Sep 10, 2018 the beginning of their friendship is recounted in the childrens book, mercedes and the chocolate pilot by margot theis raven held by halvorsen. Jun 17, 2008 after collaborating on a video project for the childrens story, mercedes and the chocolate pilot, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the berlin airlift, students from aukamm and hainerberg elementary schools here and the nearby nauheim grundschule were treated to a visit by the book s reallife title character. I found myself close to tears by the end of margot theis ravens mercedes and the chocolate pilot, a picture book retelling of the story of lt. In an unusual way, mercedes, a sevenyearold child, was a recipient of halversons generosity, and eventually developed a lifelong friendship with him. Colonel gail seymour hal halvorsen born october 10, 1920 is a retired officer and command pilot in the united states air force. The wwii bomber who dropped chocolate over germany youtube. A pilot in the us air force, and a participant in the berlin airlift, which ferried muchneeded supplies to west berlin after wwii. The chocolate pilot was such a wonderful man who realized how much he was delivering to a desperate group of people in search of support. Margot theis raven author of mercedes and the chocolate pilot.