In today's Love Letters to..., Melissa shares the story of the daring escape of the husband-and-wife creative team of Margret and Hans Rey, two German-born Jews who were living in Paris under the shadow of the impending Nazi invasion. Riding bikes they constructed from found spare parts and traveling on Brazilian passports, they managed to cross out of France, and eventually travel on to New York City, with only their most prized possession in hand: a children's book they'd written and illustrated together that continues to delight audiences today.

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