Sadako and the thousand paper cranes / by Eleanor Coerr ; paintings by Ronald Himler.
By: Coerr, Eleanor.
Contributor(s): Himler, Ronald.
Material type:
BookPublisher: New York : Putnam, [2002], c1977Description: 80 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0399237992 :; 0698118022.Subject(s): Sasaki, Sadako, 1943-1955 -- Juvenile literature | Leukemia in children -- Juvenile literature | Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect -- Juvenile literature | Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: [J]
Contents:
Summary: Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Good luck signs -- Peace Day -- Sadako's secret -- Secret no longer -- Golden Crane -- Kenji -- Hundreds of wishes -- Last days -- Racing with the wind.
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IVY LIBRARY | [J] (Browse shelf) | Available | 0008556 |
Includes a section on "How to fold a paper crane."
"This new edition contains instructions for folding paper cranes and a biographical note with details about the writing of this book"--Front flap of jacket.
Good luck signs -- Peace Day -- Sadako's secret -- Secret no longer -- Golden Crane -- Kenji -- Hundreds of wishes -- Last days -- Racing with the wind.
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
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