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Shin's Tricycle by Tatsuharu Kodama (1995, Hardcover)
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A beautifully illustrated true story of another familys experience of the bombing of Hiroshima. Shins uncle is able to get him the impossible: the tricycle he desperately wants. He is riding the wonderful, brand-new tricycle when the atom bomb is dropped. Shin is found in the rubble, holding on to his treasure. He dies later that day, ten days before his fourth birthday. The tricycle now sits in the Peace Museum in Hiroshima.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWalker & Company
ISBN-100802783759
ISBN-139780802783752
eBay Product ID (ePID)620304
Product Key Features
Original LanguageJapanese
Book TitleShin's Tricycle
Number of Pages32 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicMilitary / Nuclear Warfare, People & Places / Asia, History / Military & Wars
IllustratorYes, Ando, Noriyuki
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, History
AuthorTatsuharu Kodama
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN95-007326
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromFourth Grade
Dewey Decimal940.54/26
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisFifty years after the bombing of Hiroshima, Kodama brings us the true story of Nobuo Tetsutani and his son, Shin, whose life was cut short by the atomic blast. Their story, evoked in rich color paintings, will move the heart. Sin's memory lives on through the tricycle he so cherished, now displayed in the Hiroshima Peace Museum, a testament to all those whose dreams were lost., A beautifully illustrated true story of another family's experience of the bombing of Hiroshima. Shin's uncle is able to get him the impossible: the tricycle he desperately wants. He is riding the wonderful, brand-new tricycle when the atom bomb is dropped. Shin is found in the rubble, holding on to his treasure. He dies later that day, ten days before his fourth birthday. The tricycle now sits in the Peace Museum in Hiroshima.
LC Classification NumberD767.25.H6S51315
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