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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 candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.
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Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, Margot Theis Raven, Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
- Language
- Released
- 2002
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
- Subtitle
- A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy That Dropped from the Sky
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Sleeping Bear Press
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 48
- ISBN10
- 1585360694
- ISBN13
- 9781585360697
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, Children's Books, Biographies, Germany, USA, Wars, World War II, Picture Books, Berlin, Girls, Chocolate, Pilots
- Description
- 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 candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.


