Nos divertimos con la ciencia! / We Had Fun with Science!

First Place Winner in the category of Best Educational Children’s Picture Book - Spanish or Bilingual for the 2013 International Latino Book Awards.

Children are in for hours of scientific fun with this entertaining and educational activity book. Featured are 28 projects that can be carried out with easily obtainable household materials. Kids will have fun experimenting with a balloon that doesn’t pop, simulating a volcanic eruption, constructing a water xylophone, and more. Each interior spread provides illustrated step-by-step instructions, and the end of the book includes cards that explain the scientific principles behind each experiment and feature photographs of the projects. This is a great book to exercise the curiosity of the youngest scientists.

A los niños les espera horas de diversión científica con este entretenido y didáctico libro de actividades. Se incluyen 28 proyectos que se pueden llevar a cabo con materiales asequibles. Los niños se divertirán experimentando con un globo que no explota, simulando la erupción de un volcán, construyendo un xilófono de agua y más. Cada doble página ilustra un experimento paso a paso, y al final de libro se incluyen unas fichas que explican los principios científicos detrás de cada proyecto y que incluyen fotografías de las manualidades. Éste es un libro fantástico para estimular la curiosidad de los jóvenes cientfícos.

Angels Navarro is a former psychologist and the author of series of school notebooks and numerous children s books. Her work focuses on brain teasers and logic puzzles in various formats. She is the author of Los 10 mejores juegos del mundo; Buenas noches; Letra a letra; Mira, mira; El tesoro de Barbazul; and the Cuando era . . . series. Anna Mongay is an illustrator who has worked with some of the most important publishing houses in Spain.＂