Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes PDF Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698118022
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81

Book Description
Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan.

Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki

Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki PDF Author: Masahiro Sasaki
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462921698
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119

Book Description
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One Thousand Paper Cranes

One Thousand Paper Cranes PDF Author: Takayuki Ishii
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0440228433
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111

Book 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.

A Thousand Cranes

A Thousand Cranes PDF Author: Florence Temko
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN: 0893469998
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 121

Book Description
How to fold the famous Japanese Paper Crane and string 1,000 cranes, inspired by the story of Sadako and Hiroshima.

Sadako's Cranes

Sadako's Cranes PDF Author: Judith Loske
Publisher: Michael Neugebauer Books
ISBN: 9789881512604
Category : Girls
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Sadako is ill. She hears of a Japanese legend which says that a person who folds 1000 paper cranes is granted a wish. Hoping to recover she starts folding cranes. This is the story of a girl from Hiroshima.

Origami Peace Cranes

Origami Peace Cranes PDF Author: Sue DiCicco
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 146291974X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77

Book Description
**Winner Creative Child Magazine 2018 Preferred Choice Award** Origami Peace Cranes is a multicultural children's book about the capacity for friendship in all of us, and the power of small, but meaningful actions. When Emma moves to a new town, she's afraid she'll never make friends. She tries her hardest to make a good impression on her new classmates. Through a paper crane origami project, her classmates show her that they really want to get to know her. Later, when a new family moves into her neighborhood, Emma has a great idea how to make them feel welcome! Filled with fun pictures and ideas, this story addresses the anxiety that comes with new beginnings and introduces kids to moving, making new friends, and starting at a new school. This book also includes: Step-by-step instructions for making a paper crane 12 sheets of printable origami paper, so that kids can make their own cranes to share! Proceeds support the Peace Crane Project--originally created for the United Nations International Day of Peace, it aims to expand students' understanding of and appreciation for other cultures, people and countries.

A Thousand Cranes

A Thousand Cranes PDF Author: Kathryn Schultz Miller
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9780871290045
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description

The Paper Crane

The Paper Crane PDF Author: Molly Bang
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688073336
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Business returns to a once prosperous restaurant when a mysterious stranger pays for his meal with a magical paper crane that comes alive and dances.
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