Pathfinder

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

by Eleanor Coerr

The purpose of this pathfinder is to provide Winman students with resources to supplement their study of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Using the library’s online computer catalogue, a keyword and subject search produced the following resources: (keywords used for searching : Sadako, Hiroshima, leukemia, origami)

Books

Author Title Call #

Ayture-Scheele, Z. The Great Origami Book 736.98 AYT

Ayture-Scheele, Z. Beautiful Origami 736.98 AYT

Coerr, E. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes B SAS

Feinberg, B. Hiroshima & Nagasaki 940.54 FEI

Grant, R.G. Hiroshima & Nagasaki 940.54 GRA

Hersey, J. Hiroshima 940.54 HER

Kalman, B. Japan: The People 952 KAL

Lang, R. The Complete Book of Origami 736.98 LAN

Miner, J. Hiroshima and Nagasaki 940.54 MIN

Monroe, J. The Facts About Leukemia 616.99 MON

O’Neal, M. President Truman and the Atomic Bomb B TRU

Peacock, J. Leukemia 616.99 PEA

Rojas, H. Origami Animals 736.98 ROJ

Yep, L. Hiroshima (a novella) FIC YEP

Video The World At War, Vol. 24 The Bomb VID 940.54

Websites

The Sadako Peace Project http://www.sadako.org/

Peace Memorial Park

http://next1.yasuda-u.ac.jp/nagatuka/kids1000/97/park/index_e.html

National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/leukemia

International Crane Foundation http://www.savingcranes.org/

How to fold a paper crane

http://www.hiroshima-is.ac.jp/Hiroshima/foldcrai.htm

Joseph Wu’s Origami Site

http://www.hiroshima-is.ac.jp/Hiroshima/foldcrai.htm

Teacher Resources

Sharon O’Connell’s Sadako Resource List:

http://www.cranesforpeace.org/resource.html

Ms. Carbone’s Sadako site: Great links for educators

http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/sadako/

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