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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Boxes for Katje

Boxes for Katje

Fleming, Candace
Dressen-McQueen, Stacey

Hardcover

General Juvenile FictionHistory

Publisher Price: $20.99

ISBN10: 0374309221
ISBN13: 9780374309220
Publisher: Farrar Strauss & Giroux
Published: Sep 12 2003
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.30 Width: 9.10 Depth: 11.10
Language: English
Awards: Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award, Black-Eyed Susan Award, California Young Reader Medal, Florida Children's Book Award, Golden Sower Award, Great Lakes Book Awards, Monarch Award, Red Clover Award, Rhode Island Children's Book Awards, South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Virginia Readers Choice Award, Volunteer State Book Awards, Young Hoosier Book Award

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 an exchange that swells with so many surprises that the girls, as well as their townspeople, will never be the same.

This inspiring story, with strikingly original art, is based on the author's mother's childhood and will show young readers that they, too, can make a difference.

Boxes for Katje is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year and a 2006 California Young Readers Medal for Picture Books for Older Readers winner

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