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May 29, 1922 — Nov 22, 2010· 88 yrs

CANADA AUTHOR · CHILDREN · FICTION

Eleanor Coerr

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Eleanor Coerr (born 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) and many picture books. Source: [Eleanor Coerr]( on Wikipedia

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Sadako was born to be a runner.

— from Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, 2005

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Mieko and the fifth treasure

1993

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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.

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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

2005

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Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan

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Imagine

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Únete a esta palomita en su viaje por el mundo para difundir un mensaje de paz y amistad entre las aves de todo el planeta, de todos los tamaños y colores. Con la letra de la inmortal canción de John Lennon y creado en colaboración con Amnistía Internacional, este libro conmovedor se atreve a imaginar un mundo en paz. Este libro es muy especial para mí. Las palabras fueron escritas por John, mi marido, y me hace muy feliz verlas ilustradas en este hermoso libro. Él escribió Imagine como un llamado de paz a todo el mundo. Hoy, necesitamos la paz más que nunca, por eso creo que sus palabras siguen siendo muy importantes. (del prólogo de Yoko Ono Lennon) Las regalías obtenidas por las ventas de este libro serán donadas a Amnistía Internacional. Illustrates, through the eyes of a little pigeon, John Lennon's song about imagining a world at peace, in which people of all sorts live as one. Includes afterword about peace, freedom, and Amnesty International.

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