Journey to the core of the Earth (Miracle of the World #7)

We love most what we know best. While keeping this in mind, the ten-book series (seven titles are published so far) “The Miracle of the World” initiates the young reader into the field of cosmogony. The creation of the universe, the evolution of life, recycling, fossils, the inseparable relationship between man, plants and animals that will encourage a child to cultivate a loving and compassionate bond with our environment. Each book in this series is enriched by pedagogically designed exercises under the supervision of the professor at the University of Athens Anda Katsiki-Ghivalou. In this title that is the seventh of the series, we read about a journey to the nucleus of the atom. A little girl, who during a rainy day cannot go out and play with her friends, wishes she could travel to a mysterious place like those Alice in Wonderland had travelled. Her wish comes true and suddenly she finds herself inside the smallest world she could imagine, the atom. There she finds out about the continuous journey of the protons and neutrons inside the atom. Sitting on an electron she travels faster than a spaceship around the atom and learns about how the earth and the planets were created. She also learns about how certain elements make matter, such as hydrogen and oxygen make water or hydrogen, oxygen and carbon make sugar. She starts to understand that the world is harmoniously built by a combination of elements. Some of these elements will cease to exist after a period of time like human beings, animals and plants but many of them will go on forever.