Author : Takayuki Ishii
Release : 2012-01-25
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 340/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis One Thousand Paper Cranes by : Takayuki Ishii
Download or read book One Thousand Paper Cranes written by Takayuki Ishii. This book was released on 2012-01-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.