Boxes For Katje

Title: Boxes for Katje

Author: Candace Flemin

Illustrator: Stacey Dressen-McQueen

Publisher: Melanie Kroupa Books http://us.macmillan.com/splash/publishers/farrar-straus-giroux.html

Publication Date: 2003

Genre: Non-Fiction, Picture Book, Multicultural

Audience: Gr. 3-5

Overview: After World War II there was little left in Katje’s town in Holland. Her family has to go without many things like soap and socks that are sometime taken for granted. One day Katje gets a package in the mail, and its from America! Children in America were collecting and mailing items to Holland that were hard to find. Katje was so happy when she opened up the package and inside was a bar of soap, wool socks and even chocolate! Katje shared the chocolate with her mom and her postman. Katje wrote back thank Rosie, the girl who sent her the package, and thanked her for the package. A few months later Kaje receives another package! It contained four bags of sugar! Throughout the book Katje receives lots more packages, you will have to read to find out what happens!

Activity: A great activity for this book would be to get your students pen-pals of there own. It doesn't have to be with students in another country, it could even be with student from a nearby school. This will works on the students letter writing skills as well s make a new friend. You could even incorporate technology by doing the pen-pals through email.

Reviewer’s Name: Paige Martin