Texas librarian organizes candy drop for reading achievers

In Longview, Texas, Pine Tree Middle School students who had read all 20 titles nominated for the state’s Bluebonnet Award were treated to a reenactment of the 1949 Berlin candy drop. “This is something I did to honor them and spur them on,” said Carolyn Basham, Pine Tree’s librarian. A flight instructor from nearby LeTourneau University did the honors, dropping chocolate candy with white handkerchief parachutes over the school stadium, where over 120 student honorees watched and waited. One of the books on this year’s Bluebonnet list, Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, by Margot Theis Raven, was based on the story of the “Berlin candy bomber,” U.S. Air Force Lt. Gail Halvorsen. The Longview News-Journal has the whole story.

January 25, 2004 by Uncategorized 0

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