Seis niños en Marte (Six Children on Mars)

This is a very special and spacial book, since the action takes place in space and the main characters are only children. However, they are not children riding cows with wings, nor do they suffer nightmares induced by an indigestion of peaches, because the author, Luis Ruiz de Gopegui, is a scientist. This is his first children’s book, and in it, he describes what one must reasonably do to reach the planet of Mars. Luis knows about this because he watched the operations which made possible man’s arrival on the Moon from NASA’s space station in Spain.

The journey to Mars today is, above all, an intellectual adventure, but perhaps will soon become a reality. Due to its entertaining content and simplicity, this book can be read in one sitting and can encourage children to look up to the sky in a different way, and possibly, contribute so there will be many future astronauts willing to face the deep space and the technical difficulties that seem insurmountable today. Nothing is impossible for children.