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

Name: One Thousand Paper Cranes The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue
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ISBN: 9780440228431

ISBN-10: 0440228433

ISBN-13: 9780440228431

Edition: 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Ishii Takayuki

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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…

Book details

List price: $5.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 1/9/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 4.17" wide x 6.97" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English