One Thousand Paper Cranes

The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue

Omschrijving

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.
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Schrijver
Takayuki, Ishii
Titel
One Thousand Paper Cranes
Uitgever
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Jaar
2001
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
112
Gewicht
91 gr
EAN
9780440228431
Afmetingen
171 x 108 x 8 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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