One Thousand Paper Cranes
Author | : Takayuki Ishii |
Publisher | : Laurel Leaf |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2001-01-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780440228431 |
ISBN-13 | : 0440228433 |
Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
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.