Download or read book Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki written by Masahiro Sasaki and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ING_08 Review quote

Download or read book One Thousand Paper Cranes written by Takayuki Ishii and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2001-01-09 with total page 111 pages. 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.

Download or read book Sadako and the thousand paper cranes written by Eleanor Coerr and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1987-09-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Children of the Paper Crane The Story of Sadako Sasaki and Her Struggle with the A Bomb Disease written by Masamoto Nasu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

Download or read book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes written by Eleanor Coerr and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-09 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Origami Peace Cranes written by Sue DiCicco and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **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.

Download or read book Sadako s Cranes written by Judith Loske and published by Michael Neugebauer Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book A Thousand Cranes written by Florence Temko and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to fold the famous Japanese Paper Crane and string 1,000 cranes, inspired by the story of Sadako and Hiroshima.

Download or read book Sachiko written by Caren Barzelay Stelson and published by Carolrhoda Books (R). This book was released on 2016 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This striking work of narrative nonfiction tells the true story of six-year-old Sachiko Yasui's survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath. Having conducted extensive interviews with Sachiko Yasui, Caren Stelson chronicles Sachiko's trauma and loss as well as her long journey to find peace. This book offers readers a remarkable new perspective on the final moments of World War II and their aftermath.

Download or read book A Thousand Cranes written by Kathryn Schultz Miller and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Girl with the White Flag written by 比嘉富子 and published by Kodansha International. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945 Okinawa, a seven year old girl is wandering about carrying a white flag.

Download or read book Peace Crane written by Sheila Hamanaka and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After learning about the Peace Crane, created by Sadako, a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima, a young African American girl wishes it would carry her away from the violence of her own world.

Download or read book On the Horizon written by Lois Lowry and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white illustrations by SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner Kenard Pak. Lois Lowry looks back at history through a personal lens as she draws from her own memories as a child in Hawaii and Japan, as well as from historical research, in this stunning work in verse for young readers. On the Horizon tells the story of people whose lives were lost or forever altered by the twin tragedies of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. Based on the lives of soldiers at Pearl Harbor and civilians in Hiroshima, On the Horizon contemplates humanity and war through verse that sings with pain, truth, and the importance of bridging cultural divides. This masterful work emphasizes empathy and understanding in search of commonality and friendship, vital lessons for students as well as citizens of today's world. Kenard Pak's stunning illustrations depict real-life people, places, and events, making for an incredibly vivid return to our collective past. In turns haunting, heartbreaking, and uplifting, On The Horizon will remind readers of the horrors and heroism in our past, as well as offer hope for our future.

Download or read book The Paper Crane written by Molly Bang and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1987-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book A Bowl Full of Peace written by Caren Stelson and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful picture book about finding hope and peace after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki

Download or read book Things That Go Away written by Beatrice Alemagna and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A playful ode to things that come and go in life—and the one special bond that never fades There are many things that go away: leaves fall, tears dry, music lasts only for a few moments, and bubbles pop, vanishing without a trace. Everything in life passes, moves on, or transforms—except one thing that never fades. With her signature warmth, playfulness, and beautiful illustrations, Beatrice Alemagna reminds us that in a changing world, the love between parent and child remains constant.

Download or read book A Thousand Paper Cranes written by Megan Merchant and published by Finishing Line Press. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With two Pushcart Prize Nominated poems included ("How to Fold an Origami Girl" and "Consuming the Wick"), this short but powerful collection leaves its mark. The poems crease and bend at the center of love and loss much like the way a piece of paper is folded over and again to become a crane, a moon, or a lamp. In the process, the reader is invited along, not just as witness, but participant, and leaves changed.