TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levy,Debbie
TI  - The Friendship Train: a true story of helping and healing after World War II 
SN  - 9781547608027
AV  - HV696.F6 L483 2025
U1  - 363.8/83 23/eng/20250523
PY  - 2025///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury Children's Books
KW  - Friendship Food Train
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - French Gratitude Train
KW  - Food relief, American
KW  - Europe
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Food supply
KW  - Food relief
KW  - France
KW  - Relations
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Foreign relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "On one side of the ocean, a war had ended, leaving many in Europe without enough food. On the other side of the ocean, Americans asked, 'How can we help?' The need was too great for any one person to fill--but what could people do if they joined together? The answer was the Friendship Train, which ran from the West Coast to the East collecting good food for hungry bellies. Americans of all ages gave what they could. Especially children! They donated their allowances, sold newspapers, collected food from neighbors, loaded packages onto trucks and boxcars--all for strangers across the sea. And in return, those strangers asked themselves How can we say 'thank you?' Still recovering from the war, they didn't have a lot to give, but they found a way--their own train full of ways--to express their gratitude"--
ER  -