If Pluto Was a Pea
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Join two curious kids as they explore their backyard, and contemplate their place within our vast universe in this adorable picture book that’s full of comparisons to help kids understand cosmic size.
If Pluto was a pea…
the Sun would be like a tent,
Mercury would be a marble,
and Earth would be a golf ball.
Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar system, but how small is small? As it turns out, it only takes the contents of a lunchbox and a backyard to find out.
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In this informative and friendly story, two children one with puffball pigtails, a gap-tooth smile, and a pair of moonboots; the other in a hipster sweater, striped trousers, and tousled hair spend a night camping in a backyard. The girl enthusiastically reads from a book about space. Observing the stars around them, the two contemplate the relative sizes of the planetary bodies: "Pluto is much smaller than the other planets. That's why it's called a Dwarf Planet.' " They use familiar objects as reference points to compare Pluto to the other planets ("If Pluto was a pea... Mercury would be a marble"), including measurements throughout. Outside, they find a scarecrow with a pumpkin head compared to Pluto's pea, "Saturn would be a pumpkin." Prendergast and Gerlings capture the children's sense of wonder and relatable quest for adventure both in their camping excursion and curiosity about galaxies beyond. Ages 4 8.
