Mario and the Hole in the Sky How a Chemist Saved Our PlanetBy: Elizabeth Rusch/ Illustrated by:Teresa MartnezWe saved the planet once. We can do it again.Growing up in Mexico City, Mario Molina was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds through a microsc
Mario and the Hole in the Sky
How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
By: Elizabeth Rusch/ Illustrated by:Teresa Martnez
Growing up in Mexico City, Mario Molina was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds through a microscope. As a young man in California in the 1980s, 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 warnedand quickly. Today, Mario is a Nobel laureate and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His inspiring story shines a ray of hope on the fight against global warming.
Mario y el agujero en el cielo won the Silver Medal in the CBC/Bank Street Best Spanish Language Picture Book Awards. Elizabeth Rusch and Teresa Martinez gave acceptance speeches at the ceremony. Watch here:
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Elizabeth Rusch, author
Elizabeth Rusch is an award-winning children’s book author and magazine writer. She writes both fiction and nonfiction in the areas of science, art, sports, waves, jokes, crayons, and mud anything that catches her fancy. Her children’s books includeVolcano Rising, The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity, and For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Teresa Martnez, illustrator
Teresa Martnez was born in Mexico. When she was young, she was very shy, and drawing helped her connect with other children at school. When she grew up, she studied graphic design and started illustrating picture books. Now Teresa lives in Puerto Vallarta, drawing for kids as she did during her school days, and that makes her happy.
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School Library Journal
Growing up in Mexico, Mario Molina loved exploring the world around him and performing experiments with his microscope. After attending boarding school in Switzerland and receiving his PhD, Molina began work in the United States, where he made a horrific discovery: CFCs, chemicals used in countless everyday items, were damaging the environment by destroying the ozone layer. Despite Molina and his colleague F. Sherwood Rowlands attempts to publicize this discovery, they were not taken seriously until scientists discovered a huge hole in the ozone above Antarctica. Finally, Molina and Rowlands hard work led to almost every country agreeing to stop the production of CFCs. Vibrant, imaginative illustrations convey the possibilities of science and the urgency of Molinas discoveries and depict Molinas interest from an early age. Both English and Spanish texts flow smoothly. VERDICT An excellent addition to childrens nonfiction collections, and sure to be a great highlight of Hispanic Heritage Month biography collections.
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Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-58089-581-1
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ISBN: 978-1-63289-857-9 EPUB
Ages:6-9
Page count:40
8 1/2 x 11
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