Pluto Gets the Call
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Pluto gets a call from Earth telling him he isn’t a planet anymore, so he sets out on a journey through the solar system to find out why in this funny and fact-filled romp that’s perfect for fans of The Scrambled States of America.
Pluto loves being a planet. That is, until the day he gets a call from some Earth scientists telling him he isn’t a planet anymore! You probably wanted to meet a real planet, huh? So, Pluto takes the reader on a hilarious and informative journey through the solar system to introduce the other planets and commiserate about his situation along the way. Younger readers will be so busy laughing over Pluto’s interactions with the other planets, asteroids, moons, and even the sun, they won’t even realize just how much they’re learning about our solar system!
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Mid-conversation with the reader ("So, not to brag, but I'm mostly made of nitrogen"), Pluto picks up the phone. "Some scientists from Earth," seen arguing on the title page ("NO WAY! I'm not calling him"), have disappointing news for the former planet. Devastated and wearing his heart on his surface, he goes on a tour of the solar system to commiserate about his demotion to an ice dwarf. Along the way, Rex (Why?) provides lighthearted tidbits about asteroids, plutoids, and planets as Pluto introduces readers to everyone from "gassy" Neptune ("I'm not being mean, he just is") all the way to the smallest ("And, dare I say, the cutest?") planet, Mercury. Keller (Potato Pants!) who knows her way around misunderstood inanimate objects sets a silly mood with emoji-like mixed-media collages of lively planets who break the fourth wall to joke with the reader. Easily navigable, panel-less comics introduce an upbeat Saturn, a grouchy Jupiter ("Stop staring at my red spot!"), and a reassuring sun who reminds Pluto that he's a beloved entity, no matter his status. Dynamic galactic characters and the tongue-in-cheek astronomy lesson should amuse. Ages 3 8.)
