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The Girl Who Named Pluto
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Alice B. McGinty
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-14 - Publisher: Schwartz & Wade

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An empowering, inspiring--and accessible!--nonfiction picture book about the eleven-year-old girl who actually named the newly discovered Pluto in 1930. When Ve
Pluto's Secret
Language: en
Pages: 44
Authors: Margaret Weitekamp
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-12 - Publisher: Abrams

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People, children especially, have been baffled, bewildered, and even outraged by the fact that Pluto is no longer called a planet. Through whimsical artwork and
Pluto Confidential
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Stephen P. Maran
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-04 - Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.

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When the International Astronomical Union (IAU) adopted a new definition of a "planet" in August 2006, Pluto became a dwarf planet, drawing a divisive line in s
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Mike Brown
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-24 - Publisher: Random House

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The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brow
Kid Who Named Pluto
Language: en
Pages: 92
Authors: Marc McCutcheon
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-17 - Publisher: Chronicle Books

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A collection of profiles of children and young adults whose scientific inventions made an impact on the world, including Louis Braille who discovered a way for