
One Thousand Paper Cranes
by Ishii Takayuki
Title:
One Thousand Paper Cranes
Author:
Ishii Takayuki
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
112 pages, B&W PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATIONS
Publisher:
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
ISBN-13:
9780440228431
EAN:
9780440228431
Publication Date:
09/01/2001
Classifications:
Educational Materials
Weight (g):
180
Dimensions (mm):
108 x 178 x 8
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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.










