Bittersweet
Based on the True Tale of the Berlin Candy Bombers
$22.36
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2025
Summary
Soar into the tender true story of how one airman inspired a movement by airdropping little parachutes of candy to kids trapped in occupied Berlin in this nonfiction picture book ode to everyday acts of kindness.
How far can a small kindness reach? How much of a difference can two sticks of gum make?
Colonel Gail Halvorsen was a pilot in the United States Air Force delivering supplies to West Berlin when it was blockaded by the Soviets. One day he approached children gathered …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781665960588 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1665960582 |
| Author: | Christy Mandin |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Margaret K McElderry Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 472g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 216mm x 286mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Christy Mandin
Christy Mandin is a children’s book author, illustrator, and surface designer. She grew up in rural Georgia and credits her country life of solitude as an only child for much of her love of books and nature. You’ll find this love of nature along with nostalgia, magic, and whimsy woven into the fabric of her art. Christy works mostly digitally now that she has tiny humans underfoot. When she isn’t drawing, she can be found quilting, gardening, or cozied up with a cup of coffee and the latest period drama on BBC or PBS. Christy currently lives in Georgia with her husband, four children, and a menagerie of animals and insects.
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