One thousand paper cranes: the story of sadako and the children's peace statue, paperback/ishii takayuki

The inspirational story of the Japanese national campaign to build the Childrens 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.

Sadakos 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 Childrens 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.