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  2. One thousand origami cranes - Wikipedia

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    One thousand origami cranes. The crane is considered a mystical or holy creature (others include the dragon and the tortoise) in Japan and is said to live for a thousand years. That is why one thousand origami cranes (千羽鶴, senbazuru, lit. 'one thousand cranes') are made, one for each year. In some stories, it is believed that the cranes ...

  3. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes - Wikipedia

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    9780399205200. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a children's historical novel written by Canadian-American author Eleanor Coerr and published in 1977. It is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II, who set out to create a thousand origami cranes when dying of leukemia ...

  4. Sadako Sasaki - Wikipedia

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    Sadako Sasaki. Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子, Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who became a victim of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. She was two years of age when the bombs were dropped and was severely irradiated. She survived for another ten years, becoming one of ...

  5. Orizuru - Wikipedia

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    Orizuru. A paper crane spinning in the wind. The orizuru (折鶴 ori- "folded," tsuru "crane"), origami crane or paper crane, is a design that is considered to be the most classic of all Japanese origami. [1][2] In Japanese culture, it is believed that its wings carry souls up to paradise, [2] and it is a representation of the Japanese red ...

  6. Lessons in Chemistry (novel) - Wikipedia

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    While writing Lessons in Chemistry, Garmus was a full-time copywriter but taught herself some school-level chemistry, attempting experiments from The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments. [5] She said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times: "The fire department had to come twice for the amount of flames in my flat". [8]

  7. Eleanor Coerr - Wikipedia

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    1945–2010. Genre. Children's literature, picture books. Notable works. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Spouse. Wymberley DeRenne Coerr. (m. 1965–1996) Eleanor Coerr (née Page; May 29, 1922 – November 22, 2010) was a Canadian-born American writer of children's books, including Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (historical fiction ...

  8. Children's Peace Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Children's Peace Monument (原爆の子の像, Genbaku no Ko no Zō, lit. "Atomic Bomb Children Statue") is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This monument is located in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako Sasaki, a young girl, died of leukemia from radiation of the ...

  9. Thousand Cranes - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. 1949–1951, 1952. Publication place. Japan. Published in English. 1958. Media type. Print. Thousand Cranes (千羽鶴, Senbazuru) is a novel by Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata which first appeared in serialised form between 1949 and 1951 and was published as a book in 1952. [1][2]