 First edition | |
| Author | Eleanor Coerr |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Ronald Himler |
| Language | English |
| Series | None |
| Subject | A child with leukemia from radiation caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima |
| Genre | Children's non-fiction literature |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
Publication date | 1977 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 81 |
| ISBN | 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 from radiation caused by the bomb.
The book has been translated into many languages and published in many places, to be used for peace education programs in primary schools.