Running with cosmos flowers : the children of Hiroshima
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Running with cosmos flowers : the children of Hiroshima
Pelican Pub., 2014
- : hardcover
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Summary: After months of seeking family members with the aunt she was visiting when Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, seven-year-old Hanako finally goes back to school and gets on with a life that leads, eventually, to her visiting Washington, D.C. and the church that provided them humanitarian aid. Based on first-hand accounts and interviews with survivors, and illustrated with paintings by Hiroshima children
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-148)
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"Wonderful and powerful . . . This story has kept our memories alive."-Toshimi Ishida, survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, student at Honkawa Elementary School"[This] inspiring story . . . reminds us to live hand in hand together on this earth."-Hiroko Matsui, first lady of Hiroshima"There's never been a story like this in English. Running with Cosmos Flowers is like a Bible of Peace."-Tomoko Furusawa, survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, student at Honkawa Elementary School
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