| Title | : | One Thousand Paper Cranes |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Takayuki Ishii |
| Release | : | 2001-01-09 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Social Studies for Young Adults, Books, Young Adult, History for Young Adults |
| Size | : | 3170515 |
| 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. |
