El niño que domó el viento, William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer ; ilustraciones de Elizabeth Zunon
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El niño que domó el viento, William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer ; ilustraciones de Elizabeth Zunon
Language
spa
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
El niño que domó el viento
Oclc number
1125968638
Responsibility statement
William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer ; ilustraciones de Elizabeth Zunon
Summary
"When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes"--, Provided by publisher"Cuando la aldea de Malawi de William Kamkwamba, de 14 años, fue golpeada por una sequía en 2001, las cosechas de todos comenzaron a fallar. Su familia no tenía suficiente dinero para la comida, y mucho menos para la escuela, por lo que William pasó sus días en la biblioteca. Encontró un libro sobre molinos de viento y descubrió cómo construir un molino de viento que pudiera llevar electricidad a su pueblo. Todos pensaban que estaba loco, pero William perseveró y logró crear un molino de viento funcional a partir de restos de chatarra. Varios años más tarde descubrió cómo usar el molino de viento con fines de riego "-, Proporcionado por el editor
Target audience
primary
Classification
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Creator
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- Molinos de viento -- Literatura juvenil
- Mechanical engineers
- Spanish language materials
- Malawi -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature
- Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987- -- Juvenile literature
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
- Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Rural electrification -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Self-culture -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Energía eléctrica + Producción -- Literatura juvenil
- Picture books
- Windmills + Design and construction -- Juvenile literature
- Riego -- Literatura juvenil
- Windmills -- Malawi
- Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Irrigation -- Malawi
- Picture books for children
- Poor children -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Electric power production -- Malawi
- Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
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- Classification1
- Contributor2
- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject21
- Molinos de viento -- Literatura juvenil
- Mechanical engineers
- Spanish language materials
- Malawi -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature
- Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987- -- Juvenile literature
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
- Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Rural electrification -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Self-culture -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Energía eléctrica + Producción -- Literatura juvenil
- Picture books
- Windmills + Design and construction -- Juvenile literature
- Riego -- Literatura juvenil
- Windmills -- Malawi
- Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Irrigation -- Malawi
- Picture books for children
- Poor children -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Electric power production -- Malawi
- Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
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- Author2
- Illustrator1
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