Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery by Weitekamp, Margaret
Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery by Weitekamp, Margaret

Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery

People, children especially, have been baffled, bewildered, and even outraged by the fact that Pluto is no...
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Author: Margaret Weitekamp
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Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery by Weitekamp, Margaret

Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery

$24.10
Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery by Weitekamp, Margaret

Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery

$24.10
Author: Margaret Weitekamp
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
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 an entertaining dialogue format, Pluto's Secret explains the true story of this distant world. Providing a history of the small, icy world from its discovery and naming to its recent reclassification, this book presents a fascinating look at how scientists organize and classify our solar system as they gain new insights into how it works and what types of things exist within it. The book includes a glossary and bibliography.

Praise for Pluto's Secret
Pairing a lighthearted narrative in a hand-lettered-style typeface with informally drawn cartoon illustrations, this lively tale of astronomical revelations begins with the search for Planet X."
--Kirkus Reviews

This picture book offers a fresh, positive perspective on Pluto, showing that its change of status is not a demotion but a correction.
--Booklist

Light-hearted imagining of a gregarious Pluto."
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Fun reading... The book provides a factual history of our faraway 'dwarf, ' and on its companion icy worlds, and on the discovery of Kuiper-like bands around other stars.
--School Library Journal

Award
New York Public Library's annual Children's Books list: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2013


Author: Margaret Weitekamp, David DeVorkin
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/17/2015
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 10.70h x 10.70w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781419715266
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 156815 / Pluto's Secret: An Icy World's Tale of Discovery

About the Author
Margaret A. Weitekamp, PhD, curates the National Air and Space Museum's Social and Cultural Dimensions of Spaceflight collection. She lives in Burke, Virginia. David DeVorkin, PhD, is Senior Curator, History of Astronomy and the Space Sciences, at the Museum. He lives in Kensington, Maryland. Diane Kidd is an award-winning illustrator of children's books and is Early Childhood Manager at the Museum. She lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.


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