Girl Who Named Pluto
The Story of Venetia Burney
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2019
Summary
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 ide…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781524768317 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1524768316 |
| Author: | Alice B. Mcginty, Elizabeth Haidle |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 530g |
| Dimensions: | 292mm x 254mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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“An inspiring and beautifully illustrated tale made all the better by its historical foundation.” –Kirkus Review, Starred Review
“An inspiring and beautifully illustrated tale made all the better by its historical foundation.” —Kirkus Review, Starred Review
About The Author
Alice B. Mcginty
ALICE McGINTY is the award-winning author of over forty books for children, including Darwin, an Orbis Pictus Honor Book and one of Booklist’s Top 10 Biographies for Youth. It received three starred reviews and was called “exquisite and enlightening” by Kirkus Reviews. Her most recent picture book, Rabbi Benjamin’s Buttons, was named a Sydney Taylor Notable Book. She also runs a writing camp for kids, Words on Fire.
ELIZABETH HAIDLE is the creative director of and a regular contributor to Illustoria magazine, as well as a collaborator at Mascot Press, an independent comics press. She has illustrated a graphic novel, I, Parrot, written by Deb Olin Unferth, she has several nonfiction comics series in the works. Ms. Haidle received her MA in illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design.
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