The other day I was walking home from Ryan’s when I noticed this statue for first time. The colors of the origami cranes just jumped out at me. And for some reason, the longer I stared at it, the name “Sadako” came to mind. Upon further inspection, the inscription read “Sadako Sasaki” and suddenly memories rushed back of a book I had read in elementary school about a small girl in Japan who had died from a sickness caused by the radiation of the atom bomb. Her story and the Japanese legend that promised the folder of a thousand paper cranes a wish, came back to me in hazy memories of illustrations from the book. It was an interesting find, I hadn’t realized that this was Seattle Peace Park.
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13 responses to “Sadako and Her Thousand Paper Cranes”
wow, that’s really cool. i should get out more often.
hi my name is rushna and i want to say about sadako is that sadako and the thousands cranes is the best story and iam readin it with my ESL class and that book is really very good and we r loving it and my class is saying that its a very good book and i want to say that sadako was very good and i like the way she likes everyone and her friends and in the end i would like to say that sadako is the BESt.
cool
i am janapense i was sadako i was walking bye in the the hosiptal a lonbg time ago and i saw sadako i bright little girl there she was a true legend
i read the book today and i love that book i only read it one day one i love that book and it so sad.
Your photoshoot was awesome and inspiring. I am a teacher at a international school in Singapore. I am directing a show about Sadako Sasaki and wonder if we can use your photo for our display for the show.
Hey i have been looking for a good pic of Sadko cuz i read the book in litturature circles and i have to do a show about it with a pic.
THANX!!!!!!!! -SHERRY
I read this book at my school. I LOVE this book so much. I think that it was not right to drop the bomb. I would not have droped the bomb! I wish that Sadako did not die! I would like to make one of the cranes. If I had luakemia I would not be able to be that strong. I like the ending the best.Like when the paper cranes are flying to the window like they are alive.
It is a very good book it is the best book of all times.I think
they should make more books like this one;good,fun,true,exciting. This is all I have to say about SADAKO. March 24, 2006 Firday 3-24-06
wow…
i am reading this book at school and it is very touching and now i like making paper cranes for peace day(to send to japan).
i just want to read that book over and over again.
Hi, my name is Laurie and I’m a student at the University of Maryland. I’m creating a class website for an Asian American studies course on memorial art of the Hiroshima Bombing. I came across this picture and fell in love. Do you think I could use it for my project? I would give you the proper citations.
You can email me at the address given above. Thanks!
I really liked that book. Hi im molly , im a sixth grdr in omaha, i just read it in english, its amazing.
hi, my name is kathya… I’m a student from United States… I’m really want to know more things of sadako because her story is interesant for me but I can’t find more information about she… if someone know a page with more information…please tell me!!!!thanks, good bye!!!
I just did a mime play on Sadako and it is a gerat story