Boxes for Katje

Boxes for Katje - Hardcover

$20.99
$20.99
Skip to product information
Boxes for Katje
  • Boxes for Katje
Boxes for Katje - Hardcover

Boxes for Katje - Hardcover

by Candace Fleming
$20.99
$20.99

Book Overview

by Candace Fleming (Author), Stacey Dressen-McQueen (Illustrator)

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

Author Biography

Candace Fleming is the author of Gabriella's Song. She lives in Mount Prospect, Illinois.

Stacey Dressen-McQueen lives in Portland, Oregon. Boxes for Katje is her first book.
Number of Pages: 40
Dimensions: 0.3 x 11.1 x 9.1 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 12, 2003
Award: Great Lakes Book Awards (2004)
Award: Red Clover Award (2005)
Award: California Young Reader Medal (2006)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Boxes for Katje
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 3.5
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN9780374309220
Author Candace Fleming
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
GenreChildren
FormatHardcover
PublishedSeptember 2003
LanguageENG- English
Pages40
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

Related Subjects

Juvenile Fiction Kids

1% fer Each of the Seven Seas

Every purchase sends 7% of our profits to The Ocean Cleanup. No fine print, no opt-in — just how we sail.

Whoever Ye Be, Welcome Aboard

Queer lit, music, art, philosophy, fiction — stories for every kind of soul. Come as ye are, matey.

More by Candace Fleming

The Forgotten War: A World War II Battle on American Soil

The Forgotten War: A World War II Battle on American Soil - Hardcover

The Forgotten War: A World War II Battle on American Soil - Hardcover

By Candace Fleming

About Candace Fleming

Candace Fleming is the prolific and versatile award-winning author of many books for children and young adults. School Library Journal praised her most recent title, Murder Among Friends, which received four starred reviews, as a "chilling page-turner." Her previous book The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh received six starred reviews, was a Kirkus, PW, Booklist, and SLJ Best Book of the Year, and was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as a "fascinating chronicle." Candace's The Family Romanov also received six starred reviews, won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was recognized as a Sibert Nonfiction Honor Book. Her many acclaimed picture books include Giant Squid, a Sibert Honor Book. Visit her on the web at candacefleming.com.

You may also like