Boxes for Katje

Name: Boxes for Katje
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ISBN: 9780374309220

ISBN-10: 0374309221

ISBN-13: 9780374309220

Edition: 2011

Authors: Candace Fleming, Stacey Dressen-McQueen, National Geographic Learning Staff

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Simple seeds of friendship grow into something extraordinary After World War II there is little left in Katje's town of Olst in Holland. Her family, like most Dutch families, must patch their old worn clothing and go without everyday things like soap and milk. Then one spring morning when the tulips bloom "thick and bright," Postman Kleinhoonte pedals his bicycle down Katje's street to deliver a mysterious box – a box from America! Full of soap, socks, and chocolate, the box has been sent by Rosie, an American girl from Mayfield, Indiana. Her package is part of a goodwill effort to help the people of Europe. What's inside so delights Katje that she sends off a letter of thanks – beginning…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 9/12/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 40
Size: 9.10" wide x 11.32" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Candace Fleming is the prolific author of many critically acclaimed, bestselling books for children, including the picture booksMuncha! Muncha! Muncha!(an ALA Notable Book and four starred reviews), andBoxes for Katie(a Junior Library Guild Selection and aPublishers WeeklyBest Book of 2003); the nonfiction titlesOur Eleanor(an ALA Notable Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and three starred reviews) andBen Franklin's Almanac(an ALA Notable Book, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, James Madison Honor Book, and three starred reviews). She lives in Mt. Prospect, Illinois. From the Hardcover edition.