By Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrated by David Diaz
Translated by Carlos E. Calvo
- Print Length: 40 pages
- Publisher: Charlesbridge (April 3, 2018)
- Publication Date: April 3, 2018
- Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
- Language: English and Spanish
- ASIN: B0776HNKPC
Una historia real sobre un científico contemporáneo que
salvó la capa de ozono y el planeta, evitando un desastre en el medioambiente.
Spanish translation of the true story of how a
contemporary scientist saved the ozone and the planet from environmental
disaster.
Mario Molina es un científico mexicoamericano y un héroe de
nuestros días que ayudó a resolver la crisis de la capa de ozono de la década
de 1980. Se crió en la Ciudad de México y desde niño sintió curiosidad por los
mundos ocultos que estudiaba a través de un microscopio. De joven, ya viviendo
en California, descubrió que el clorofluorocarbono, o CFC, que se usa en
millones de refrigeradores y aerosoles, estaba haciendo un agujero en la capa
de ozono que protege la Tierra. Mario tuvo que alertar al mundo... ¡y rápido!
Mario fue galardonado con el premio Nobel y con la Medalla Presidencial de la
Libertad. Su inspiradora historia es una esperanza en la lucha contra el
calentamiento global.
Mexican American scientist Mario Molina is a modern-day hero who
helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s. Growing up in Mexico City, Mario
was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds through a microscope. As a young
man in California, he discovered that CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators
and spray cans, were tearing a hole in the earth's protective ozone layer.
Mario knew the world had to be warned--and quickly. Today Mario is a Nobel
laureate and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His inspiring
story gives hope in the fight against global warming.
Elizabeth Rusch is the author of several award-winning
children's nonfiction titles, including Volcano Rising and Electrical
Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World (Candlewick). Her highly
acclaimed Scientists in the Field books include the Orbis Pictus Honor book The
Mighty Mars Rovers, Eruption!, and The Next Wave (Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt).
David Diaz is the illustrator of many children's books,
including Smoky Night (Harcourt), for which he won the Caldecott Medal, Yes!
We Are Latinos, and Martín de Porres: The Rose in the Desert
(Clarion), for which he received the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award. His
expressive art has also earned him four Pura Belpré honors and graces the
Newbery Honor book The Wanderer by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins).
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