El niño que domó el viento (álbum ilustrado) / The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2019-09-24
Publisher(s): B de Blok
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Summary

Ahora en Netflix. El sueño de un niño puede cambiar el mundo entero.

La historia real de William Kamkwamba, un héroe de nuestro tiempo, en formato álbum ilustrado.
 
Cuando una terrible sequía asoló la pequeña aldea donde vivía William Kamkwamba, su familia perdió todas las cosechas y se quedó sin nada que comer y nada que vender. William comenzó entonces a investigar en los libros de ciencia que había en la biblioteca en busca de una solución, y de este modo encontró la idea que cambiaría la vida de su familia para siempre: construiría un molino de viento.

Fabricado a partir de materiales reciclados, metal y fragmentos de bicicletas, el molino de William trajo la electricidad a su casa y ayudó a su familia a obtener el agua que necesitaba para sus cultivos. Así, el empeño y la ilusión del pequeño Willy cambió el destino de su familia y del país entero.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Now a Netflix film.
 

When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library...  and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind. 
 
Lyrically told and gloriously illustrated, this story will inspire many as it shows how - even in the worst of times - a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.

Author Biography

William Kamkwamba nació en Malaui en 1987. Se hizo famoso en su país cuando, en 2002, construyó una turbina de viento para obtener electricidad en su casa en Wimbe utilizando eucalipto, partes de bicicleta y otras piezas de chatarra. Desde entonces, este ingeniero e innovador, ha construido una bomba de agua con energía solar que suministra agua potable a su pueblo, otras dos turbinas de viento y planea construir dos más incluyendo una en Lilongwe, la capital de Malaui.

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