num_pages: 48
description: The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.
language: English
title: Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
titlecomplete: Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
genres: Historical, Biography, War, Picture Books, Inspirational, Nonfiction, Childrens, Germany, History, World War II
ratings_count: 723
publisher: Sleeping Bear Press