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Fleming, Candace , Fleming, Candace

Boxes for Katje

40 pp. | Farrar/Kroupa | September, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-374-30922-1 $$16.00
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen & Stacey Dressen-McQueen. Katje, who lives in post-WWII Holland, receives a care package from an American girl. Katje writes a thank-you note to Rosie, who begins recruiting friends and neighbors to help send bigger and bigger packages to Katje, who shares the bounty with her friends and neighbors. The pictures matter-of-factly present Katje's poverty and Rosie's relative prosperity, while, like the carefully crafted text, emphasizing their similarities.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2003

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