One Thousand Paper Cranes

One Thousand Paper Cranes The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue

Paperback (09 Dec 2013)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The inspirational story of the Japanese national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue honoring Sadako and hundreds of other children who died as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima.

Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world.

Book information

ISBN: 9780440228431
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Imprint: Laurel Leaf
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.19892994190092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 97
Weight: 60g
Height: 108mm
Width: 178mm
Spine width: 8mm