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Title: One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue by Takayuki Ishii ISBN: 0-440-22843-3 Publisher: Laurel-Leaf Books Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Memorable and heartbreaking...
Comment: ...this is the kind of book that continues to haunt you long after you put it down. I read this book in elementary school and then stumbled across it as an adult - even re-reading it as an adult, I was shocked by the descriptions of the damage done by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This book is a must-read. As an American, I believe that the atom bomb was a necessary evil to stop World War II; however, as a human, I believe the atom bomb was a horrible atrocity unleashed on millions of people, including a child named Sadako whose story is poignantly told here. This book is an eye-opener, a heart-wrencher and a beautiful story.
Rating: 5
Summary: A book everyone should read
Comment: No matter what side you are on in the debate on the use of the atomic bombs during WWII, this is a "must read". As a science teacher, I read this book to my Advanced Chemistry class at the conclusion of our nuclear chemistry unit. However, I have yet been able to read it through without crying. And I have not been alone. Sadako's story should teach us all a lesson. My students may not remember the specifics of chain reactions or nuclear decay. But I guaruntee that they will remember Sadako's story. I want them to be informed citizens who make educated choices. One thing that history has shown us is that it repeats itself. What a horrible thought.......that another little girl become a "Sadako". I would hate to think that next time her name might be an American one......It chills me to the bone.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Companion Book to Eleanor Coerr's Sadako
Comment: Often fiction leads us into a story and leaves us helpless to change anything. Takayuki Ishii's book takes us into the real world of Sadako Sasaki who died of leukemia years after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. This is a well researched document, with family and classmate interviews, which sheds light on the real child whose world changed as a result of adult decisions. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is home to a statue commemorating Sadako's life. It was built by the donations solicited by her classmates. Each day children from all over the world send folded paper cranes to this statue in her memory and in the hope for world peace. It is rare for a teacher to have the opportunity to compare and contrast a fictionalized event with the non fictional and rarer, still, to then have the opportunity to construct a real life project, from classroom reading, for students which will make the voices of the children heard. I am a teacher and the children in my school, the Henry Viscardi School, forwarded their cranes to the statue. This moving experience is recorded on our school Web site (under Japanese Odyssey)and was inspired by Reverand Ishii's book. The book had been published first in Japan. Random House has now made it available in the United States and as word of its publication reaches schools and libraries, it is destined to become a "must have" for every American classroom.
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Title: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, Ronald Himler ISBN: 0698118022 Publisher: Puffin Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Sadako by Eleanor Coerr, Ed Young ISBN: 0698115880 Publisher: PaperStar Book Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Paper Crane by Molly Bang ISBN: 0688073336 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Peace Begins With You by Katherine Scholes, Robert Ingpen ISBN: 0316774405 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People and War by Yukio Tsuchiya ISBN: 0395861373 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 30 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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