Link Download ebook Free: https://ouo.io/mJxKzjt One Thousand Paper Cranes The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue By: Takayuki Ishii Publisher: Laurel Print ISBN: 9780440228431, 0440228433 eText ISBN: 9780307806345, 0307806340 Format: EPUB Available from $ 4.99 USD SKU 9780307806345 For Sale in US* Only 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.
