Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Illustrated by Ronald Himler. New York: Putnam, 1977.
0-399-20520-9
Gr. 4+
The true story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl from Hiroshima,who tried to make a thousand paper cranes to help herself recover from leukemia. Today, a statue of Sadako stands in Hiroshima's Peace Park, a monument to the children who were killed by the atomic bomb.
Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler. Showa: The Age of Hirohito. New York: Walker and Co., 1990.
0-8027-6966-7
Gr. 7+
The life of Emperor Hirohito is set against the history of modern Japan.
Severns, Karen. Hirohito. World Leaders Past and Present. New York: Chelsea House, 1988.
1-55546-837-3
Gr. 7+
The traditions of the Imperial Court are interwoven with Japanese politics and its role in the Second World War in this biography of the Emperor of Japan.