Michael O. Tunnell
Autor von Mailing May
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Michael O. Tunnell is a professor of children's literature and the author of Mailing May, The Children of Topaz, Wishing Moon, and other books. He lives in Orem, Utah.
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- Geburtstag
- 1950
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
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- Orem, Utah, USA
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- Brigham Young University (EdD|1986)
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- professor
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- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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- I taught children's literature at Brigham Young University for many years and have written several books about literature for young readers, including The Story of Ourselves: Teaching History Through Children's Literature and Children's Literature, Briefly. Twice I helped choose the Newbery Medal winner, the most prestigious of children's book awards. My wife, Glenna, and I live in Orem, Utah. We have four grown children and nine grandchildren. We love to travel the world when we can and, in the last few years, have been to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Japan, New Zealand, Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, France, England, and Italy. [from: Website]
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girl sent to her grandmother's by US mail in Name that Book (Juni 2016)
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After reading some really excellent non-fiction titles ([b:They Called Themselves the KKK] and [b:The War to End All Wars|7683302|The War to End All Wars World War I|Russell Freedman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1281973641s/7683302.jpg|10330259]), I was prepared to find this mediocre in comparison. However, though it started slowly, it built and built until I was well and truly moved by the story.
Stories like this pop up all over history, and yet it's still amazing to me that one man can, on his own, affect so many people with a small gesture. Of course, in the case of Lt. Gail Halvorsen, his first small gesture (without asking permission, he disseminated candy and gum to poor Berliner kiddos by dropping it from his plane) turned into a very large campaign with donations from candy companies and the eventual cooperation of the Air Force. To build good will between Germany and the United States after WWII seems impossible, but here is this super nice guy reaching out to children and doing it. (The Historical Note at the end of the book draws attention to the fact that the Allies' punishing attitude toward Germany after WWI was a factor in the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. Like maybe if a Candy Bomber had been around in 1918 the world could have avoided a lot of suffering...)
In the end, it's a happy story from the WWII/Cold War era. How amazing is that? The spirit of hope and generosity in this book makes it a wonderful choice for the holiday season. As one young German boy recalled, "The chocolate was wonderful, but it wasn't the chocolate that was most important. What it meant was that someone in America cared."… (mehr)
Stories like this pop up all over history, and yet it's still amazing to me that one man can, on his own, affect so many people with a small gesture. Of course, in the case of Lt. Gail Halvorsen, his first small gesture (without asking permission, he disseminated candy and gum to poor Berliner kiddos by dropping it from his plane) turned into a very large campaign with donations from candy companies and the eventual cooperation of the Air Force. To build good will between Germany and the United States after WWII seems impossible, but here is this super nice guy reaching out to children and doing it. (The Historical Note at the end of the book draws attention to the fact that the Allies' punishing attitude toward Germany after WWI was a factor in the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. Like maybe if a Candy Bomber had been around in 1918 the world could have avoided a lot of suffering...)
In the end, it's a happy story from the WWII/Cold War era. How amazing is that? The spirit of hope and generosity in this book makes it a wonderful choice for the holiday season. As one young German boy recalled, "The chocolate was wonderful, but it wasn't the chocolate that was most important. What it meant was that someone in America cared."… (mehr)
No major historic event covered in this book, but this true story of a resourceful family mailing their little girl to her grandmother's house in 1914 (registered as a spring chick) is absolutely charming.
Great story of the Kaysville pilot who began dropping candy parachutes to Berlin kids during the airlift after World War II. This is an illustrated book for young people but very well done.
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II provide insight into a dark event in U.S. history. The entries describe everyday routines and convey the stress and
confusion these children lived with every day for years.