Tons of information is in this book! It's a great book that could be used to teach students about the planets! Plus it includes information about Pluto not being included as a planet and explains how it was found! The illustrations are fit the story so well and create a great story to go along with the informational facts about the planets! This book is another book needed in the library in the classroom! It could be used in so many ways! This book was a great non-fiction book that had elements of the solar system throughout. The students would have learned about planets and the solar system so the book would be integrated into a unit where they were learning about the solar system. i would use this book in a third grade and fourth grade classroom. Even if some of the students were at higher reading levels, they would enjoy this book while reviewing topics that had already been learned. To integrate into language arts I would have them write a persuasive writing piece where they had to be Pluto and convince the astronomers of the world to leave them as a planet. In the writing they would have to use scientific facts to support their reasoning for staying a planet. Of course some of it could be silly too!
Interesting viewpoint about the story of Pluto. Great illustrations by Jared Lee.
—Jin
Cute, but had the potential to be awesome and came up short (sorry, Pluto...)
—jonesjil55
*sniff* Pluto, you'll always be aces in my book too.
—KerrieOry
