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Boxes for Katje (Rise and Shine)

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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 circle of relatives, like most Dutch families, should patch their old worn clothing and go without on a regular basis such things as 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 The us! Full of soap, socks, and chocolate, the box has been sent by Rosie, an American girl from Mayfield, Indiana. Her package is a part of a goodwill effort to assist the people of Europe. What’s inside so delights Katje that she sends off a letter of thanks – beginning an exchange that swells with such a lot of surprises that the girls, in addition to their townspeople, will never be the same.

This inspiring story, with strikingly original art, is based on the writer’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.

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