Mario y el agujero en el cielo: Cómo un químico salvó nuestro planeta/ Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

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).