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).

YES! WE ARE LATINOS WEBSITE

Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy

Pictures by David Diaz

Through first-person poems and descriptive prose, thirteen different Latino and Latina young people are introduced to readers. The histories of immigrants from various countries and in numerous situations are presented in a way that is both heartwarming and informational. Young Latino and Latina readers will find themselves in the text and non-Latino children can learn of the breadth and depth of the contributions made by Latinos to the U.S.

The book offers an opportunity for students, Latinos and non-Latinos alike, to explore their own identity as well as to understand better the identity of others while learning about important aspect of Latino culture and history. Each theme is introduced by a significant moment in the life of thirteen boys and girls of diverse background and circumstances.

Each literary presentation in free verse is followed by a non-fiction section that shares information about different aspects of the Latino culture, but since it is not strictly a historical book, the chapters can be read in any order. You may want to allow students to choose which chapters they want to read first. The choice may be based on the place where the character lives, the character’s background, or even the character’s name.

http://yeswearelatinos.com

In the website you will find pedagogical suggestions:

• General suggestions applicable to any theme of the book.

•Specific activities for each theme, including:

• Questions to guide a dialogue conducive to critical and creative reflections. These questions follow the Creative Reading Methodology which can be found in this website.
• Group and individual activities.
• Recommended authentic literature [fiction, biographies, poems, songs] for the topic presented in the chapter.

Maya's Blanket: La manta de Maya

By Monica Brown

Illustrated by David Diaz

•          Age Range: 5 - 9 years
•          Hardcover: 32 pages
•          Publisher: CBP; 1 edition (August 15, 2015)
•          Language: English
•          ISBN-10: 0892392924
•          ISBN-13: 978-0892392926

Little Maya has a special blanket that Grandma stitched with her own two hands. As Maya grows, her blanket becomes worn and frayed, so with Grandma’s help, Maya makes it into a dress. Over time the dress is made into a skirt, a shawl, a scarf, a hair ribbon, and finally, a bookmark. Each item has special, magical, meaning for Maya; it animates her adventures, protects her, or helps her in some way. But when Maya loses her bookmark, she preserves her memories by creating a book about her adventures and love of these items. When Maya grows up, she shares her book―Maya’s Blanket/La manta de Maya―with her own little daughter while snuggled under her own special blanket. Inspired by the traditional Yiddish folk song “Hob Ikh Mir a Mantl” (“I Had a Little Coat”), this delightful bilingual picture book puts a child-focused, Latino spin on the tale of an item that is made into smaller and smaller items. Maya’s Blanket/La manta de Maya charmingly brings to life this celebration creativity, recycling, and enduring family love.

Monica Brown, Ph.D. is the author of many award-winning books for children, including Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People (Henry Holt), winner of the Américas Award for Children's Literature and an Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction, and Waiting for the Biblioburro (Random House), a Christopher Award winner. Her picture book Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina (Lee & Low) is the winner of the Tejas Star Book Award, the International Latino Book Award, and a Pura Belpré Honor for Illustration. Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash/Marisol McDonald y la fiesta sin igual, the second book in the Marisol series, was published in September 2013.

Monica's books are inspired by her Peruvian-American heritage and desire to share Latino/a stories with children. "I write from a place of deep passion, joy, and commitment to producing the highest possible quality of literature for children. In my biographies, the lives of my subjects are so interesting and transformational that I am simply giving them voice for a young audience. I don't think it is ever too early to introduce children to the concepts of magical realism, social justice, and dreaming big!" Monica is in demand as a conference keynote speaker and has appeared at ALA, TLA, NCTE, Book Expo America, and at book festivals across the country.

Monica Brown is a Professor of English at Northern Arizona University, specializing in U.S. Latino Literature and Multicultural Literature. She writes and publishes scholarly work with a Latino/a focus, including Gang Nation: Delinquent Citizenship in Puerto Rican and Chicano and Chicana Literature; and numerous articles and chapters on Latino/a literature and cultural studies. She was the recipient of the prestigious Rockefeller Fellowship on Chicano Cultural Literacies from the Center for Chicano Studies at the University of California. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Flagstaff, Arizona.