The Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781524768317)

An empowering, inspiring--and accessible!--nonfiction picture book about the eleven-year-old girl who actually named the newly discovered Pluto in 1930.

When Venetia Burney's grandfather reads aloud from the newspaper about a new discovery--a "ninth major planet" that has yet to be named--her eleven-year-old mind starts whirring. She is studying the planets in school and loves Roman mythology. "It might be called Pluto," she says, thinking of the dark underworld. Grandfather loves the idea and contacts his friend at London's Royal Astronomical Society, who writes to scientists at the Lowell Observatory in Massachusetts, where Pluto was discovered. After a vote, the scientists agree unanimously: Pluto is the perfect name for the dark, cold planet.
Here is a picture book perfect for STEM units and for all children--particularly girls--who have ever dreamed of becoming a scientist.

Author: Alice B. McGinty
ISBN-10: 1524768316
ISBN-13: 9781524768317
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2019
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 11.81h x 10.31w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 503320 / Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2019 pg. 123
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 05/06/2019
School Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 113
Booklist 05/01/2019 pg. 78
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2019 pg. 146
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average