Based on the book by Eleanor Coerr, this is the true story of a young Japanese girl who has become a modern heroine of peace. Sadako Sasaki, born in Hiroshima, was two when the atom bomb exploded. She was stricken by leukemia at age eleven. With courage and faith, she began folding paper cranes, in the hope that her wish to be well again would be granted. Kit contents: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes DVD; 30 minutes, instruction sheet on how to fold paper crane, 2 paper cranes and Laminated sheet on Sending your cranes to Hiroshima.