| One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue Contributor(s): Takayuki, Ishii (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440228433 ISBN-13: 9780440228431 Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: "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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places - Asia - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Asia - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1010 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.1" W x 6.7" (0.15 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 56483 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |