Ada Magnfica, cientfica es el primer libro de una coleccin de lbumes ilustrados que se centran en la tendencia S.T.E.M (Ciencias, Tecnologa, Ingeniera y Matemticas) para nios. Con su espritu curioso y perseverante, Ada inspirar sin duda a los jvenes lectores para que sigan sus propias pasiones.
Libro galardonado con el Little Rebels Children's Book 2017.
Por qu hace tac y por qu hace tic?
Por qu tienes pelos en la nariz?
Ada Magnfica tiene la cabeza llena de preguntas. Como sus compaeros de clase Pedro y Rosa, Ada siempre ha sentido una curiosidad insaciable. Pero cuando lleva demasiado lejos sus exploraciones y sus complicados experimentos cientficos, sus padres se hartan y la mandan al rincn de pensar. Tanto pensar le har cambiar de opinin?
Ha habido mujeres cientficas desde que existe la ciencia. Han tratado de buscar respuesta a los grandes secretos del universo. La tierra y las estrellas. Estalactitas y caballitos de mar. Glaciares y gravedad. Cerebros y agujeros negros. A todo. Ada Marie Magnfica lleva el nombre de dos mujeres cuya curiosidad y pasin las condujo a grandes descubrimientos. Marie Curie descubri dos nuevos elementos, el polonio y el radio, y la invencin de los rayos X se debe a su trabajo. Ada Lovelace fue matemtica y la primera programadora de la historia.
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A #1 New York Times Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A USA Today Bestseller
The creators of the New York Times bestselling picture books Rosie Revere, Engineer and Iggy Peck, Architect are back with a story about the power of curiosity in the hands of a child who is on a mission to use science to understand her world. Ada Twist, Scientist, from powerhouse team Andrea Beaty and David Roberts, is a celebration of STEM, perseverance, and passion.
Like her classmates, builder Iggy and inventor Rosie, scientist Ada, a character of color, has a boundless imagination and has always been hopelessly curious. Why are there pointy things stuck to a rose? Why are there hairs growing inside your nose? When her house fills with a horrific, toe-curling smell, Ada knows its up to her to find the source. What would you do with a problem like this? Not afraid of failure, Ada embarks on a fact-finding mission and conducts scientific experiments, all in the name of discovery. But, this time, her experiments lead to even more stink and get her into trouble!
Inspired by real-life makers such as Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie, Ada Twist, Scientist champions girl power and women scientists, and brings welcome diversity to picture books about girls in science. Touching on themes of never giving up and problem solving, Ada comes to learn that her questions might not always lead to answers, but rather to more questions. She may never find the source of the stink, but with a supportive family and the space to figure it out, shell be able to feed her curiosity in the ways a young scientist should.
Iggy Peck and Rosie Revere have earned their places among the most beloved childrens characters, and they have inspired countless kids and adults to follow their dreams and passions. Now in her own charming and witty picture book, determined Ada Twist, with her boundless curiosity for science and love of the question "Why?," is destined to join these two favorites. The book is the perfect tool to remind both young girls and women that they have the intelligence and perseverance to achieve their dreams.
