{"id":772,"date":"2020-05-11T06:50:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=772"},"modified":"2020-05-10T14:35:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T21:35:06","slug":"families-write-with-mario-and-the-hole-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/families-write-with-mario-and-the-hole-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Families Write with Mario and the Hole in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet<\/em>
\nby Elizabeth Rusch (Author) and Teresa Martinez (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> The true story of how a scientist saved the planet from environmental disaster.<\/p>\n

Mexican American 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. <\/p>\n

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Step 1. Read aloud<\/strong>
\nListen to the author’s read-aloud video<\/a>.<\/p>\n