The Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney

by Alice B. McGinty

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524768316
• ISBN13: 9781524768317
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.3" x 11.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3