Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber [With CD (Audio)] Contributor(s): Brokaw, Tom (Read by), Barrett, Robert T. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1609077008 ISBN-13: 9781609077006 Publisher: Shadow Mountain
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: November 2013 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Europe - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation - Aviation |
Dewey: 943.155 |
LCCN: 2013019597 |
Age Level: 5-UP |
Grade Level: Kindergarten-UP |
Lexile Measure: 1000 AD (Adult Directed Text) |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.5" W x 11.3" L (1.23 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - 1940's - Holiday - Christmas |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 181599 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Christmas from Heaven is the story of the humble beginnings of what became a beacon of hope to a war-torn land, the story of Gail Halvorsen, a young pilot in the US Army Air Corps who was assigned as a cargo pilot to the Berlin Airlift, in which US forces flew much-needed supplies into a Soviet-blockaded Berlin. As he performed his duties, Lt. Halvorsen began to notice the German children gathered by the fences of Tempelhof Air Base. Knowing that they had very little, he one day offered them some chewing gum. From that small act, an idea sprang: He would "bomb" Berlin with candy. Fashioning small parachutes, he and his crew sent them floating down as they approached the Berlin airport, wiggling the wings of their C-54 as a signal to the children that their anticipated cargo would soon arrive. Lt. Halvorsen became known by hundreds, if not thousands, of children in Berlin as "Uncle Wiggly Wings" or "The Candy Bomber." Word soon spread, and donations of candy and other supplies poured in from sympathetic Americans. Lt. Halvorsen's small idea became a great symbol of hope not only to German children in a bombed-out city but to all those who yearned for freedom. |
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