Astrocita: Wonderful Stories/Historias Maravillosas
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Astrocita: Wonderful Stories/Historias Maravillosas

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This bilingual book of science is for all the children of the world, especially those with curious, searching, inquisitive minds who ask questions. It is dedicated to them in the hopes of sowing in their minds an interest in science and a respect for knowledge. All children, if provided an environment conducive to learning, will develop a passion for reading and will have a creative spirit, soaring imagination and an interest for the vast richness of knowledge.


Astrocita, the main character, protagonist, and narrator, is a cell who was born from the network of small, star-shaped support cells in the brain, called astrocytes. She tells stories about the most basic bodily functions.


The book also includes practical and simple activities, and a glossary to help children increase their vocabulary. The stories were reviewed and enriched by children who read the text and did the activities. The author, a retired Mexican medical doctor, is a lover of science and the written word.


Este libro bilinge de ciencia es para todos los nios del mundo, especialmente para aquellos con mentes curiosas, investigadoras e inquisitivas, y que hacen preguntas. Est dedicado a ellos con el deseo de plantar en sus mentes la semilla de inters por la ciencia y de respeto por el conocimiento. Todos los nios, si se les crea el ambiente adecuado para el aprendizaje, desarrollarn pasin por la lectura, y tendrn un espritu creativo, una imaginacin con grandes alas e inters por la infinita riqueza del conocimiento.


"Astrocita", el personaje central, protagonista y narradora, es una clula que naci de la red de las pequeas clulas cerebrales de sostn, con forma de estrella, llamadas astrocitos. Ella relata historias de las funciones corporales ms bsicas.


El libro tambin incluye actividades prcticas, muy sencillas, y un glosario para ayudar a los nios a ampliar su vocabulario. Las historias fueron revisadas y enriquecidas por nios que leyeron el texto y realizaron las actividades. La autora, mdica mexicana retirada es amante de las letras y de la ciencia.

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