Eleanor Coerr

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Staying with her grandparents after the atomic bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki, ten-year-old Mieko feels that the happiness in her heart has departed forever and she will no longer be able to produce a beautiful drawing for the contest at school.

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure

Zuhal Yeke

Roald Himler

Sadako ve kağıttan bin turna kuşu

For use in schools and libraries only. Staying with her grandparents after the atomic bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki, ten-year-old Mieko feels that the happiness in her heart has departed forever and she will no longer be able to produce a beautiful drawing for the contest at school.

While traveling west with her family in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt chronicling the experiences of the journey and reserves a special patch for her pet hen Josefina.

Josefina y la colcha de retazos

The Josefina Story Quilt

Aída E. Marcuse

While traveling west with her family in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt chronicling the experiences of the journey and reserves a special patch for her pet hen Josefina. Full color.

Faith brings her pet chicken, Josefina, when she travels cross-country with her family in a covered wagon.

Sadako

Ed Young

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, Sadako races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes. Legend says this will make a sick person healthy.

Chang longs for a pony to ease the loneliness he feels in his new country, but even in Gold Rush California, enough gold to buy a pony is hard to come by

Chang's Paper Pony

This is the true story of a courageous girl from Hiroshima who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped. Although she developed leukemia and died ten years later, Sadako never lost her faith and determination as she battled a devastating illness. According to an ancient Japanese tradition, a thousand paper cranes will restore good health. Sadako managed to make 644 cranes before her life came to a peaceful end. A stunning edition, in both hardcover and paperback, is available to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this classic, moving work. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Sadako Y Las Mil Grullas De Papel

Sadako & the Thousand Cranes

This multicultural children's book contains both English and Japanese script along with beautiful, colorful illustrations. Circus Day in Japan is the warmly-illustrated story of an exciting day spent by two Japanese children, Joji-chan and Koko-chan, at a circus. Joji-chan and Koko-chan delight at the new sights of their first circus, and young readers are gently introduced to Japanese customs and sites. Perfect for those interested in retro books, the simple text and artwork provide a nostalgic window into Japanese family life in the early 1950s. Originally written by Eleanor Coerr, author of the popular Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, this English translation of a classic Japanese children's book accessible to a new generation of both English and Japanese speaking readers.

Bilingual English and Japanese Text

Circus Day in Japan

Recounts the adventures of fourteen-year-old Buffalo Bill Cody, who braved storms, wolves, and outlaws to earn himself the title of Bravest Rider on the Pony Express. Reprint.

Eleanor Coerr

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